Example sentences of "now [pers pn] have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I had been hanging back , attempting to develop some strategy . |
| 2 | I did n't take much notice of it the first few years after I left school , but now I 've been gone , what , fifteen years or so , I find quite a lot of interest in what 's happened . |
| 3 | I 've been doin' all sorts of jobs since then , and livin' in all sorts of lodgings , and now I 've been chucked out of me last place because I did n't 'ave any job or any money . |
| 4 | So anyway , before I heard that I 'd got an appointment at the Clinic , I got caught for one burglary and so I told them about the rest , 'cos I wanted to get off it an ’ I knew that was the only way of getting off it and I thought , now I 've been caught , I might as well get meself stuck down for a bit , like , rather than get a big fine which I wouldn'a been able to handle at that time … . |
| 5 | ‘ Now I 've been told that I 've lost my place and I 'm very disappointed . ’ |
| 6 | Now I 've been told by other people who 've er erm gone down this route that I 'm proposing to follow with L E As that erm there are two ways round it . |
| 7 | Now I 've been informed that I have £200 rent arrears . |
| 8 | Well now I 've been clearing my mind on the role of the Chief Constable a and of the Police Committee . |
| 9 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 10 | Now I 've been released and forced into exile , but you ca n't forget all those people you have left behind suffering in prison . |
| 11 | back over with you , I 'll sort something out while I 've got some small change in me purse now I 've been shopping , I 'll sort it out |
| 12 | ‘ For some time now I have been thinking I should marry again . |
| 13 | FOR months now I have been trying to contain excitement at the thought of the compact disc . |
| 14 | Up until now I have been fascinated by the sound of a bomb leaving the barrel ; this evening and the closeness to the enemy mortar had changed all that . |
| 15 | Now I have been digressing and let me say quite clearly that I never knew the answer and I do not know it now , how the tremendously high level of morale was sustained , not just in the Pathfinders , but throughout the Command as a whole . |
| 16 | But now I have been given |
| 17 | For some years now I have been researching an area where a certain event took place . |
| 18 | ‘ Now I have been working hard on my fitness and my ankle has improved . ’ |
| 19 | Now you 've been patched up , your hull 's been scraped , a lick of paint and you 're ready to get back into the great sea of life . |
| 20 | ‘ And now you 've been warned off , which confirms your suspicions . ’ |
| 21 | So th the case you 're putting that the that the pensioner trustee er ship is more powerful than you originally put cos until now you 've been put it in grounds of i the trust should be repre representative of it |
| 22 | Though , the case you 're putting that the , the pensioner trustee er ship is more powerful than you originally put , cos up to now you 've been put it in grounds that it 's the trust should be repr representative of it |
| 23 | Now , now you 've been working in the area of AIDS for some time now , do you think that the message is getting through ? |
| 24 | So let's look at now you 've been doing I noticed today you 'd been doing differentiating products . |
| 25 | Now you 've been doing this for 25 years , that 's quite a long stint is n't it ? |
| 26 | Now you 've been changed . |
| 27 | For some minutes now she had been disturbed by the way Beth was pacing to and fro in front of the great fireplace , a deeply thoughtful expression on her face , and her whole manner one of extreme agitation . |
| 28 | For the past five days now she had been living somewhere on cloud nine , and had decided that she might just as well set up home there , as it was such a wonderful place to be . |
| 29 | Odd , he reflected , that now she had been forced to make a straight denial , he had lost his confidence . |
| 30 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |