Example sentences of "now it be [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The University had by now hired a professional in the form of one Ira Magaziner , a business strategy consultant who also picked up the ‘ yellow peril ’ theme by telling the congressional enquiry : ‘ As I speak to you now it is midnight in Japan .
2 Now it is time for the new generation born in the wilderness to cross the Jordan , and to begin to take possession of the Land , led not by Moses , of course , since he must die on the wrong side of the river , but by Joshua .
3 Now it is time for us to part , alas , alas !
4 And mind that child … now it 's exams in babysitting .
5 And Toad and the gang are back … now it 's Winter in the Willows .
6 Now it 's time for a change . ’
7 Now it 's time for the national side to take precedence .
8 Now it 's time for the electrodes and rubber hoses , eh ? ’
9 Now it 's time for Wrack ‘ n ’ Ruin to start their afternoon practice session .
10 Those are my plans for the future , now it 's time for you to air your views . ’
11 Now it 's time for travel .
12 Now it 's time for the second half of our review of the year .
13 ‘ I 've voted Conservative all my life , but now it 's time for a change . ’
14 Ted ought to have been there years ago , he said , and now it 's time for Margaret to be elevated .
15 Now it 's time for the kill , and the final twists are as clever as they are gripping .
16 You 've always been a bit of a soft touch , but now it 's time to wise up and tell those around you that enough is enough .
17 This city used to be villages ; now it 's castles under siege .
18 At one time , IBM Corp 's shares regularly got so heavy that the company would split them to make them more marketable , a move that usually tends to increase the value of a company in the market : those days are long gone for IBM , and now it 's upstarts like Intel Corp that are able to flex their financial muscles : its board has approved a two-for-one split , and shareholders will vote on the proposal on May 5 .
19 But now it 's sort of , well no it 's based very much on American sort of New York
20 But now it was time for some wheeling and dealing .
21 And everyone knew that now it was time for Madame 's famous song .
22 Now it was time for our first venture out ; luckily the yard was situated amidst very quiet roads , and my husband John had been loaned a schoolmaster called Paddy to act as escort .
23 ‘ He was n't , ’ said my mother , perhaps because she had concurred for too long and now it was time for contradiction .
24 Now it was time for Tomba , 25 the following week , to resurrect his career and reputation with a World Cup slalom victory which could not have been more thrilling .
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