Example sentences of "now [vb base] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They flourished by eating the haplochromines — which now make up only about one per cent of the catch . |
| 2 | Now sit down again . ’ |
| 3 | Now declare how far you wish to throw the Doom Diver . |
| 4 | Now declare how far you want to fire the mortar shell . |
| 5 | Now declare how far you wish to shoot — eg 24″ , 30″ , 32″ etc . |
| 6 | For this reason we now sell only artificially cultivated bulbs and this is indicated on the packaging . |
| 7 | Although originally intended for the trade , most of these now sell quite happily to the home handyman . |
| 8 | Though fever and diarrhoea still linger as killing diseases in parts of southern and south-eastern Europe , and malaria was only beginning to give way before D.D.T. in 1945 these diseases now linger on only in backward districts . |
| 9 | The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can . |
| 10 | And banks now provide almost as much liquidity for private securities as for public ones . |
| 11 | Expectations now focus on tomorrow 's Bundesbank meeting , and a widely expected rise in German interest rates . |
| 12 | Ethnic groups have now spread well away from original kin relations . |
| 13 | Stand close to some other children , now spread out so that you ca n't touch anybody . |
| 14 | ‘ Now listen very carefully … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Now hold on there . |
| 16 | Now hold on there ! |
| 17 | everybody to understand that we 're actually voting on this procedure of motions , not er not that the er question be now put so so |
| 18 | Whenever I hear a man being witty or sensible or kindly or civilized I think : the qualities which now seem so much a part of this man could be stripped away at any time , and there would be left just a man who suffered and who fought with his suffering like an animal . |
| 19 | In retrospect , many of those stories now seem considerably less fanciful than they did at the time . |
| 20 | Er , we 've been going for twenty six years er , and we now manage around about three thousand properties and are building er and selling around about seven hundred properties a year for , for rent and low cost home ownership . |
| 21 | Search fees now vary very widely , and it is important to check with the appropriate local authority what they will charge . |
| 22 | Now lie down properly ; noddles on pillows . ’ |
| 23 | One result of this has been that theology itself has become ecumenical in a fashion undreamt of a century ago , and many of the main fronts in theological debate and controversy now run across rather than along denominational boundaries . |
| 24 | We now look more closely at the absentees in relation to two factors ; gender and school stage . |
| 25 | Many now recall how happily Jews and Arabs lived together before 1948 , although it is a fact that in some parts of Palestine near civil war existed between the two communities long before that date . |
| 26 | Having proved myself incapable of holding back an irresistible force , I now know exactly how Canute felt . |
| 27 | Rank-and-file members now participate far more fully in committee proceedings and are no longer subordinate to chairmen to the degree that they were in the past . |
| 28 | ‘ Since we have expanded and now operate in so many areas , there is n't the same level of informal networking between individuals . |
| 29 | Martinsville , USA : The three industrial products businesses within Courtaulds Films , covering dyed films , vacuum coating and coating/laminating , have been decentralised and now operate as closely linked but separate businesses . |
| 30 | But they do not alter the basic fact : markets now operate more fluently , reliably and consistently . |