Example sentences of "[conj] have now [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Face pulls a bolder trick than most , and one that has now blown up in its own , er , face , with the £200,000 libel damages awarded to Jason Donovan . |
| 2 | Some have bemoaned the fast food outlet that has now taken over the odd corner of the Piazza , but this is the site of the ancient Milanese fiera ( fair ) — the name itself means Square of the Merchants — and doubtless on fair days the Piazza was not the ocean of calm many claim it must have been . |
| 3 | At this point she showed enormous courage by re-assessing her life , and has now struggled through to what she describes as a liberating philosophy of autonomy and self-determination . |
| 4 | He has just finished his GCSE 's and has now moved on to ‘ A ’ levels at sixth form . |
| 5 | The sales build-up reached Denmark and the UK in March and has now taken off in Spain , Portugal and Iceland . |
| 6 | A Parliamentary Commission , presided over by Christian Democrat Giorgio Santz has been investigating how the preceding laws have worked and has now come up with its report which shows that in the last eight years , of the L1,500 billion allocated to Venice only L853 billion ( £394.3 million ; $686 million ) have actually been spent . |
| 7 | Leading figures in the RCM like the Marchioness of Reading , who had been born into a Jewish family , converted to Christianity and had now converted back to Judaism ; Elaine Blond , Sigmund Gestetner and Lola Hahn-Warburg quickly caught on to the message that the best chance of currying public favour was to play down the religious factor . |
| 8 | Perhaps , thought Robert , he had simply been playing for time and had now come up with a credible answer . |
| 9 | We began with our partnership companies and have now moved on . |
| 10 | I have just ‘ inherited ’ a Singer KE1200 Hi-Memory knitting machine and have now found out that it is obsolete . |
| 11 | I am making good progress — slow but sure — and have now graduated on to walking sticks , although I feel very wobbly on these having had the crutches for a month . |
| 12 | The chief executives of the three firms have been discussing the plan for five months and have now handed over the task of implementing the grand design to their operating systems managers . |
| 13 | The chief executives of the three firms have been discussing the plan for five months and have now handed over the task of implementing the grand design to their operating systems managers . |
| 14 | ‘ And have now come out to the barn to convince me of it ? |
| 15 | The government wanted to stop subsidising it by the end of 1991–92 , but has now given up that idea . |
| 16 | The opening scene of the movie features the gangsters discussing the true meaning of the lyrics , with one insisting that it 's about a nymphomaniac who 's been around but has now met up with ‘ some John Holmes motherfucker ’ — in other words a guy well hung enough to make her feel ‘ like a virgin ’ again . |
| 17 | One fighter had been a Skinhead and had worn the appropriate ‘ gear ’ of his time but had now grown out of this kind of thing . |
| 18 | Blood lead concentrations had been highest at age two , but had now fallen by over 40% . |
| 19 | Paul and Malcolm Bream first spent time exploring possible sources of voluntary funding , and then saw what might be done with the local authority , but have now turned back to their original search for their own place . |