Example sentences of "[prep] now that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you do with it once you 've brought it to the surface is another matter : it is enough for now that you acknowledge it is there and begin to discover ways of getting at it . |
| 2 | Enough for now that she held his hand . |
| 3 | The suggestion has been made before now that it was among the Basques that this future rebel against the king of England learnt his what were , for the time , dangerously democratic principles . |
| 4 | I think I 'll stick with Lulu — I 'm not superstitious but it 's been so good for me up until now that I 'm not going to throw it away . |
| 5 | I did not realise until now that he had more than one function . |
| 6 | ‘ So , ’ she said brightly , ‘ where are you off to now that we 've finished shooting The Viking ? ’ |
| 7 | I think we all accepted by now that we were going to win the war , and that this time there was not going to be an armistice but final defeat for Germany . |
| 8 | I knew by now that you could n't run a gallery without the essential combination of new work and stock . |
| 9 | Louise was so animated by now that she seemed to have forgotten that morning 's funeral . |
| 10 | The abrupt cessation of the draughts blowing into the room was a welcome relief , although Isabel was so chilled by now that she was conscious of no great change in the temperature . |
| 11 | It was supposed to be a big secret when we heard it but Open Systems Today must have announced internally by now that it 's killing off its stepchild SCO Magazine . |
| 12 | Food within the enclave had become so critically short by now that it was evident to the Magistrate that anything edible must now be used . |
| 13 | You should know by now that it 's bound to happen . |
| 14 | ‘ And you ought to know by now that it 's a waste of time . ’ |
| 15 | You probably figured out by now that I 'm part of the team that made the game and to prove it is n't bugged I only have to quote some of Ian Osborne 's words : |
| 16 | He took it up and read : ‘ Many readers will probably have learned by now that I am being sued by Miss Hilary Robarts , the Acting Administrative Officer at Larksoken Power Station , for alleged libel arising from what I wrote in the May issue of the news-sheet . |
| 17 | ‘ No doubt word has gone round by now that I could n't get through to him or to Mona on the telephone . |
| 18 | The reader may have gathered by now that I place myself amongst this group . |
| 19 | Especially the last one , and you should know by now that I do n't function well without caffeine . ’ |
| 20 | People have been known to say things they do n't mean when they 're angry — you of all people should know by now that I 'm no exception to that rule . ’ |
| 21 | The bastard knew by now that he had given the game away . |
| 22 | And so it was as the " candidate " that he spoke to them , his accent so neutral by now that he could have come from anywhere and everywhere , his green broadcloth jacket still shabby but worn as jauntily as if it had been lined with ermine , his lean , dark face handsome enough to please the women and hard enough to reassure the men . |
| 23 | She opened her eyes and darted a glance at Marc , sure by now that he was already planning some further strategy by which to entangle her . |