Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] be now [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was fogged in on board the Amerada Hess AHOOI where I am now working . |
| 2 | Rough Trade , for instance , had to dip into the piggy bank to move into the American market , where they 're now said to be pulling out . |
| 3 | Highly poisonous metals dumped in Britain 's rivers are seriously polluting the North Sea and coastal waters where they are now entering the food chain , according to the largest-ever survey conducted in UK waters . |
| 4 | En Shao appeared in Liverpool two years ago , shortly before he was due to take up position of principal conductor of the Ulster Orchestra where he is now installed . |
| 5 | The largest explosion would take place at the base , where he was now working and that , too , would take the longest to plant . |
| 6 | There might well be a public library very near where he was now walking . |
| 7 | Having read again a book he had admired when studying at Edinburgh , a book much concerned with precisely such comparisons and contrasts — his grandfather Brasmus Darwin 's Zoönomia ( 1794–6 ) — he was soon taking its title for the opening heading of his Notebook B , where he was now to pursue his own inquiry into ‘ the laws of life ’ . |
| 8 | That purchase added around 3 percentage points to its share of the liquid milk market , taking it to 16 per cent , where it is now snapping at the heels of the second-largest operator , Dairy Crest , the marketing subsidiary of the MMB , which claims a market share of around 17 per cent . |
| 9 | In 1963 , the car was donated to the National Tramway Museum , where it is now displayed , pending its return to native rails as a most remarkable survivor ! |
| 10 | Clashes and scores of casualties continued elsewhere in south-east Turkey , where it was now estimated that about one-third of the Turkish army , or 150,000 troops , were deployed . |
| 11 | Now , erm , what 's wrong with this if you think about it , is that er it 's hard to know what fitness and fittest means and although I 'm now gon na spend about ten minutes talking about it , this will be the last time you 'll hear me mention the word fitness , and I strongly advise you to do the same , for reasons which I will now n now explain . |
| 12 | My records indicate that I am now holding on to two , one of which I hope to use in the Annual Report . |
| 13 | We are a whole and this is the me that I am now writing about . |
| 14 | This does not mean that I am now suggesting all children should have the chance of performing a scripted play in front of an audience ( indeed I doubt whether many young people are likely to be mature enough to cope with the sophisticated Stanislavsky approach to performance ) . |
| 15 | You 'll guess what happened when I say that I am now commanding the Company — and in the line I had a seraphic boy-lance-corporal as my sergeant-major . |
| 16 | Ferguson revealed : ‘ I have been so impressed by Danny 's form that I am now giving serious consideration about playing him in the League team . |
| 17 | In whatever sense it is to be recognized as an objective fact that I am now responding in awareness of more factors than before , my reaction will likewise be objectively better than before . |
| 18 | A lot of the operations now I do I think I can do better that I 'm now seeing detail that I never saw before with the naked eye . |
| 19 | In fact , it 's been so effortless that I 'm now wondering what else I could organise . |
| 20 | I was very pleased , not only with the pipes , but also that I was now playing them again . |
| 21 | Experience in the United States of America , where legislative history has for many years been much more generally admissible than I am now suggesting , shows how important it is to maintain strict control over the use of such material . |
| 22 | But then I began to find it rather unsatisfying , so I 'm now looking for a job , either part-time or full time , but if that does n't work out , I shall get involved in voluntary work . ’ |
| 23 | Her never-failing enthusiasm and dedication helped to build the strong support now enjoyed in this area , and although she is now retired , she still attends a weekly class . |
| 24 | To the extent that she 's now confusing the show business quality of performing well in public — at which she excels — with spirituality and saintliness . |
| 25 | The book sold so well locally that she 's now published it for sale countrywide ; available from WH Smith , Sherratt & Hughes and Waterstone 's bookshops or direct from Barbara Geere at 15 Stamford Drive , Bromley , Kent BR2 0XF ( 081–460 3646 ) , priced £2.30 ( inc p&p ) . |
| 26 | I have been a fan of hers for a long time and it is wonderful to see that she is now achieving the status and success that she deserves . |
| 27 | For it can not be emphasized too much that the transsexual , even after conversion surgery , continually seeks reassurance that she is now accepted in her new sex role . |
| 28 | Convincing herself that she was now over-reacting , Belinda got the headache tablets , then went to dress , her excitement returning as she put on Faye 's dress . |
| 29 | At the same time she acknowledged that she was now seen by the rest of the royal family as ‘ a problem ’ . |
| 30 | Her mother announced that she was now going to her lady friend and put grandfather 's money in her bag . |