Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] now [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once in the house , he carved himself a slice of meat from an ancient joint , put it on a slice of bread , and settled down at his desk with a sigh of pleasure , preparing to continue work on the Gaelic Dictionary on Historical Principles which he had been occupied with now for nearly forty years . |
| 2 | What has been overlooked in this debate is that , whilst Gilbert & George or Howard Hodgkin won the prize in the past , neither Bridget Riley or Gillian Ayres for example , will be looked at now as potential winners . |
| 3 | Anyone with a home proving difficult to sell — which means just about everyone — will be resigned by now to a peeling , semi-permanent board mated to the gatepost . |
| 4 | The Bundesbank has been seen until now as Europe 's guardian against rapid price increases . |
| 5 | The ‘ standard model ’ of particle physics , which explains everything seen until now by particle experimenters , contains three generations of subatomic particles . |
| 6 | We have seen by now in a good number of cases , including those immediately above , that when one takes account of the interaction between the meanings of particular words and the value of the constructions in which they may be used , it is often easy to see why certain structures are grammatical , and others are not ; this may enable us to say in turn why other related structures are ungrammatical . |
| 7 | I was used by now to her abrupt disappearances . |
| 8 | The three two lurchers and a Staffordshire bull terrier are being cared for now by the RSPCA workers who believe they had n't eaten for at least a month . |
| 9 | He was based by now in Paris , but Russia haunted him . |
| 10 | He 'd have been retired by now on a modest pension leading a life of genteel poverty in Brighton or Torquay . |
| 11 | er , it can be a very terrifying experience for a woman , but I think part of the mental experience would be coming forward to the police and they had dealt with now in a far more caring and understanding manner , that that can actually help in a process of getting over it eventually . |
| 12 | ( Interest rate ceilings have persisted until now in some other countries , including Canada , the United States , Belgium and France . ) |
| 13 | Organ jazz has long been club-trendy , but it has taken until now for a new artist to come through to match the likes of Jimmy Smith and John Patton . |
| 14 | But it 's taken until now for a stage version to appear in Britain . |
| 15 | Organ jazz has for a long time been club-trendy but it has taken until now for a new artist to come through to match the likes of Jimmy Smith and ‘ Big ’ John Patton with whom she shares a clear affinity in her choice of rhythms and blues inflections . |
| 16 | At first sight this would appear to be a new development , but in reality it reflects a long-term trend which has been masked until now by a series of new acquisitions which have increased total sales each year . |
| 17 | Although her much earlier work of semi-architectural constructions on a theatrical scale hinted at a different sort of audience participation , away from that of the story telling object , it has taken till now for her to challenge the viewer in an open way . |
| 18 | You will have heard by now about the Government 's proposals for the reorganisation of local government boundaries . |
| 19 | You must all have heard by now about the Canterbury girls latest ‘ Fight the Flab ’ scheme ? ( ‘ speak for yourself Samantha ’ the rest of the team shouts in disgust ! ) |
| 20 | It says it can ‘ get the performance required for now with four 33MHz parts . ’ |
| 21 | Yes this colourful expedition requires rather more than the obligatory three points of contact , but it 's well worth seeking out , despite the alarm bells which may well have been triggered by now in the more squeamish reader . |