Example sentences of "now [conj] [pron] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to hear from women who are now or who have been involved in prostitution . |
| 2 | Because I know when I feel happy I feel quite well ’ , while a 74-year-old farmer 's widow stated ‘ I 've reached the stage now where I say is n't it lovely and good to be alive , seeing all the lovely leaves on the trees , it 's wonderful to be alive and to able to stand and stare ! ’ . |
| 3 | Now that we had been here for nearly seven weeks , we were beginning to wonder if the final climax would ever take place at all . |
| 4 | Now that we have been offered the choice and the opportunity to buy produce that has n't been sprayed or hybridised , it does seem reasonable to expect that flavour will return . |
| 5 | ‘ So now that we have been here almost three months , ’ Mrs Carson said , ‘ what do you think of New York , Ruth ? ’ |
| 6 | Now that they had been presented with the information which they had requested all along , they had to prove that faecal contamination of the egg shell did not constitute any great risk to public health , Mother Catherine said . |
| 7 | Radios 2 and 3 have irrevocably lost listeners now that they have been squeezed on to FM only ; so will Radio 1 , which is to meet the same fate . |
| 8 | Perhaps the adults will understand that now that they have been arrested . |
| 9 | Would my right hon. Friend care to come to the county town of Lancaster to see how outstandingly well our schools , under local management , are spending their money now that they have been freed from an extravagant county council which never had the right priorities and always deprived our schools of the money that they should have had ? |
| 10 | ‘ Our comments have gone unheeded by central government but surely they must pay attention now that they have been reiterated by a person of his standing . ’ |
| 11 | Certainly I I 've been aware for a while now that there have been problems at Kingslane general in terms of of break ins erm not just specifically with the launderette but with also the community room er there and certainly I I 've been engaged in making one or two suggestions about how security measures could be improved . |
| 12 | ‘ You would n't believe how sexy that skirt is blowing around like that , ’ Mandy said michievously , now that she 'd been granted her pardon . |
| 13 | Even now that she had been made a director of the firm , Laura was well aware that it did n't mean that she had a job for life . |
| 14 | Now that she 's been nominated for an Oscar , it would be natural for there to be competition between them . |
| 15 | He also persuades Cauley into moving in on Artemesia now that she has been ’ deflowered ’ . |
| 16 | Sharron Davies ' bid to win the 400 metres individual medley title for a record sixth time will be watched with added interest now that she has been given the opportunity to swim the event in Barcelona next month . |
| 17 | How could the English boy go on living now that he 'd been found out ? |
| 18 | Everyone would know he 'd become Rosa 's suitor , now that he 'd been to the house and paid a call after meeting her secretly at night . |
| 19 | ‘ Even though he is still on our books , there is nothing we can do , especially if the French take action and stop him playing now that he has been recognised . |
| 20 | It was clear to me from this letter that we were engaged again , if that was what I wanted , and I did ; also , that the natural happiness and buoyancy of Leslie 's nature had reasserted itself , now that it had been released from what he had felt to be the cramping frustration of home service . |
| 21 | Now that it had been draped by thick blankets stripped from the beds upstairs it was very dark . |
| 22 | The Trees had crossed half of the floor now and the nearest one — Fenella could see now that it had been a Larch , elegant and slender — was already inching its way across the slimy black pool of the Melanisms , creating a kind of bridge . |
| 23 | It was standard procedure for such conglomerates to collect contemporary art , now that it had been recognized that such art was plentiful , reasonably affordable , and able to yield substantial returns . |
| 24 | She had been right in her assumption about the photograph — she was sure now that it had been taken at one of those supper parties , and without prior warning . |
| 25 | Deal or no mysterious deal , now that it had been established that he had not tracked her down all she wanted was for him to go . |
| 26 | ‘ Now that it has been shown that it adds to the greenhouse effect we will start a programme to further reduce the use of SF 6 and to study replacements in the foundries , said Sven Plahte of Hydro 's magnesium division . |
| 27 | However , now that it has been decided that a Sunday game of 50 overs per side is a better idea ‘ for cricket ’ , many are already beginning to rue the demise of the 40-overs game . |
| 28 | Now that it has been shown in Liverpool that there are powers to confiscate offending equipment — as there always have been in Scotland — may I ask my hon. Friend to draw those powers to the attention of local authorities — and , through the Home Office , the police — so that the public may be protected from this menace ? |
| 29 | Now that it 's been revealed that this really was her true story and not a jolly pack of lies , there 's no fun in reading it . |
| 30 | But they tell me now that it 's been increased immensely now what they get for being an oven man . |