Example sentences of "now [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would it not be very short sighted of the western democracies — not simply Britain — to allow the countries which now make up the Commonwealth of Independent States to drift into such a state of anarchy that a dictatorship could well return ? |
| 2 | Hold your breath , now sit forward a couple of inches and now tense up all over the body , tighter , tighter . |
| 3 | That 's it , now sit down a minute ! |
| 4 | They were now gathered around a large rock , on which stood a rather ordinary looking , dark haired , middle-aged man . |
| 5 | ‘ Then you do not now rule out the possibility of murder ? ’ she said . |
| 6 | Now pick up the symbol , and lovingly hold it against you — allowing it to dissolve into your heart . |
| 7 | Now pick up the important ones , sort out your priorities . |
| 8 | Now pick up the skateboard . |
| 9 | Three Englishmen ventured north , bought into , and are now building up the 200-year-old Scottish printer Pillans & Wilson . |
| 10 | Because the Project is now stepping up a gear on all fronts , the society need to reorganise responsibilities to cope with the increased workload . |
| 11 | It 's hard now to see how The Shamen will keep the club vibe going in the stadiums they will undoubtedly end up playing , how Colin will avoid the rock postures he hates so much . |
| 12 | But is GCHQ now sucking in the innocent ? |
| 13 | The Leeders are now drawing up a petition which will be presented to the Bishop of Chelmsford next month . |
| 14 | Scientists at Liverpool University are now drawing up a breeding programme for the UK herd . |
| 15 | Quality Software Products Holdings Plc , Gateshead has now filled in the numbers hidden by the blobs in its pathfinder prospectus ( CI No 2,132 ) , pricing the 2.85m shares it is placing , 1.46m of them new , at 380 pence a share , valuing Quality , which did £1.2m net on £13.1m sales in 1992 , at £29.6m and raising about £5m of new money , net of expenses , for the company . |
| 16 | And children walk through it to schools which now lack even the most basic equipment . |
| 17 | The light gradually faded , allowing a clearer view of the craft — Bash could now make out a thin outline , a panel or … a door ! |
| 18 | In the dim upper reaches of the roof , she could now make out a cylindrical object with a dulled metallic glint . |
| 19 | To my left was a rough wooden handrail , below , to right and left , I could now make out the grey slopes of two of the conical pits formed by the vault of the transept beneath — the floor under the catwalk was really a negative ceiling — but , apart from a yard or two near the edge , it was completely submerged in nest , as was the catwalk itself a few steps further in . |
| 20 | For him it now became less a place of protest than a refuge for failures , free-loaders and misfits . |
| 21 | Let's now explain how a memory is used within the spreadsheet . |
| 22 | Aldercine 's Active Retirement Club at Luton Regional Sports Centre now number over a hundred on the register — almost half are men ! |
| 23 | I now led out a further Club taken by the Ace in the West seat . |
| 24 | In a more romantic mode , it is as though a thousand lone voices have suddenly and unexpectedly found common cause in one majestic chorus , which is now drowning out the discordant notes heard from beyond the main stage . |
| 25 | It is to be hoped the reader now understands fully the meaning of the term ‘ euro-currency ’ ; if not , read this section over again . |
| 26 | A fast stage-coach could now cover over a hundred miles in a single day , good roads and weather permitting , though comfort was not necessarily to be looked for and there was an outside chance of ending up with a foul-mouthed and drunken coachman for the length of the journey . |
| 27 | Congress , we are now enjoying probably the best legal protection ever to safeguard our health and safety at work . |
| 28 | Although Vinny Samways has now come off the transfer list , Spurs look light in the key area . |
| 29 | I 've now come off the pill without telling my boyfriend . |
| 30 | We can now consider individually the different methods of incorporation . |