Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] [noun] now " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we 're trying is to work through a variety of things now to insure we get as many bobbies as possible back on the beat . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're more like a sister to Sarah now , ’ John said . |
| 3 | But there are exceptions which have specialised needs — while all fish seem to benefit from a bit of variety now and then . |
| 4 | The only thing is we need a water supply , we need a bit of help now , because of what 's happening to me and because of his heart . |
| 5 | So do you think that erm when this law was erm pushed through in nineteen forty seven that er perhaps Mao you know well I think there 's been a bit of excess now , I think we 'll do some we just need , we just need a bit of a rush now just to take us through a bit and then we 'll stop it in a few months time . |
| 6 | Well Maureen 's doing a bit of catering now |
| 7 | The girls they left behind had need of a bit of relaxation now and then . |
| 8 | Afford us a bit of respect now and again . |
| 9 | That might be one reason why I suffer a bit of asthma now . |
| 10 | ‘ I like to do a bit for charity now and then . ’ |
| 11 | but er , which really was a waste of money it was , well it 's used a bit for tourism now |
| 12 | It probably looks a bit like hieroglyphics now , but in a few months , I guarantee that you will understand this and will begin to see a difference in your playing . |
| 13 | It 's a branch of physics now basically . |
| 14 | Yet a kind of relief now at writing all this down . |
| 15 | She rubbed her face in a kind of fury now ; a fury which she controlled , and through gritted teeth , said : ‘ Saturday . |
| 16 | The dullness she had felt in her exhaustion became a kind of sickness now , as for the second time that day she once again flew from her own body and split into two . |
| 17 | You 're a kind of Supremo now , are n't you ? |
| 18 | He 's about my height but he 's filled out a bit since he came here and he has a kind of stoop now which makes him look smaller and older than he is . |
| 19 | Bizarrely , even Mrs Thatcher became a kind of Bevanite now . |
| 20 | Do n't think he 'd get much of a look-in with free-kicks now with Dorigo and Macca fighting over it . |
| 21 | The grave claim that politicians are muddying the clear statistical waters has been made on a mumber of occasions now by Sir Claus Moser , a former head of the government statistical service . |
| 22 | But the revolt against Labour in the housing schemes , which it was promising at the start of the campaign , never materialised , and its prediction that it would win a majority of seats now looks silly . |
| 23 | You can have a look in insurance now , I 'll be grateful |
| 24 | ’ Oh , well , Miss Lightbody , we can all benefit from a change of routine now and then . ’ |
| 25 | Kicking the ball up field and ‘ hoping for the best ’ , as you put it , is fundamental to my strategy this season and a change in policy now would only disrupt the well-oiled machine I have created . |
| 26 | Should business leaders be bracing themselves for a wave of intervention now that the Department of Trade & Industry is in the hands of Michael Heseltine ? |
| 27 | A country once famed for providing a succession of wingers now has only one orthodox link with the past , Tranmere 's Nevin , and he was preferred to John Robertson in attack last night . |
| 28 | Would you like to have a break for tea now ? |
| 29 | There was a trace of amusement now in the softness of his tone . |
| 30 | The bed beside her was empty , but there were men in the yard : she could see a glimmer of light between the shutters and hear a flotsam of voices now and then , when the wind died . |