Example sentences of "now that [pers pn] have [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , now that we 've both indulged in our little speeches , I think I 'll head back to the house . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I know now that we 've all been wrong about what I want to do with my — ’ |
| 3 | Now that we have provisionally fixed what a signal is , and how one may be recognized , let us consider some examples of signals — the songs of birds , the pheromones of moths and ants , and the dance of honeybees — before we consider the theoretical question of why signals have evolved in the form that we see in nature . |
| 4 | Now that they had n't Baby to visit any more , all that was bound to start again . |
| 5 | There had always been a feeling of pre-destination with Richard and now that they had both suffered so much it seemed stronger than ever . |
| 6 | This had been a fact of Lucy 's life for so long now that she 'd almost lost her sense of its shock value , but Josie was hit by it head-on and without warning . |
| 7 | And on the second count , now that she 'd virtually made up her mind to visit the warehouse tonight , did she really want to discover the truth , after all … ? |
| 8 | Rosalind would have to know now that she had n't posted the letter ! |
| 9 | She was glad now that she had n't put up the lights . |
| 10 | Cleo wished now that she had n't visited the mad woman . |
| 11 | Her arms hugged around herself , she stood in the phone-box for a long time after she 'd replaced the receiver and it seemed quite incomprehensible to her now that she had n't contacted her mother before . |
| 12 | How bitterly she regretted now that she had not revealed the episode with Davis before her marriage to Stephen . |
| 13 | She began to hurry , sorry now that she had not gone home , because all of a sudden the thought of missing out on a rave did n't seem that bad . |
| 14 | It might have been true once — and she was glad now that she had never succumbed to Hugh 's importuning . |
| 15 | She was n't even sure now that she had correctly interpreted that little scene in the wood . |
| 16 | ‘ The conference is waiting to discover what it is she intends to do , now that she has finally arrived in Brighton . ’ |
| 17 | What she did not know was that Moran , with his good looks and military fame , had once been king of these barn dances and now that he had neither youth nor fame would not take a lesser place . |
| 18 | I did not realise until now that he had more than one function . |
| 19 | Now that he had only hunters to school and exercise and Mrs Geary ( who loved the lads ) to feed him well , no question about his weight , life was kind and easier ; but he was the last to admit it and showed sympathy to nobody , least of all to Nicandra . |
| 20 | There was a silver cigarette lighter in the desk drawer , he remembered , rarely used now that he 'd almost given up . |
| 21 | She 'd been waiting for this moment for so long , and all she could do , now that it had finally arrived , was think the worst of him , instead of simply being happy to see him again . |
| 22 | It was something that she would never have thought possible and now that it had actually happened , now that she knew she was n't dreaming , she wanted it to last . |
| 23 | After so long thinking that the reason for our kidnap had been bad feeling between Britain and Iran , and knowing that , before the Rushdie affair at least , fences had been mended , it was hard to believe now that it had all been a mirage . |
| 24 | I ALREADY reviewed this back in July but now that it 's finally been given a British release ‘ Perfect Day ’ will , in time , be seen as a perfect moment from MFS 's classic period , alongside excursions from Cosmic Baby , Microglobe and Mind Gear . |
| 25 | She could not convince me at the time that anything bad could happen , now that I had finally ‘ solved ’ my eating problems , and for a short time I felt jubilant , relieved and ecstatic . |
| 26 | I wish now that I had never spoken to you . ’ |
| 27 | So now I always and so I , I 'm thinking that it might be that , that I that erm maybe you know like I used to be anxious about something like that and I used to wake up and the dream used to happen , but now that I 've double checked that I know for sure that , that I 'm safe you know for the night it does n't happen any more by cutting off possibility |
| 28 | ‘ I realize now that I 've hopelessly misunderstood you , Clare . |
| 29 | Now that I 've never ever come across that before ! |
| 30 | You 'd better know now that I 've always avoided every snare set out for me , even those hidden in lush undergrowth … ’ he caressed her hair lightly , his eyes sultry , and then looked down towards the swell of her breasts ‘ … and innocent-looking hills and valleys . ’ |