Example sentences of "now but [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I and I do n't know whether they still have the wooden lockers now but they used to be , have to be all scrubbed out every week . |
| 2 | I do n't think we should look for fundamental changes now but we must look at the configuration of services |
| 3 | ‘ He is n't fit now but he could be by Sunday , ’ added Wilkinson . |
| 4 | ‘ He has played out of his skin twice now but he will admit that one-day internationals are a different game to Tests . |
| 5 | Take no notice did you ever see a programme about erm , I forget his name now but he used to dance with Sammy Davis er man in he 's nearly seventy now I suppose but him and his brother go to this place in New York and it showed him outside in the street |
| 6 | It seems stupid now but you ca n't imagine what it was like stumbling about in the dark and then seeing him daubing away … whoever heard of painted flowers … ’ |
| 7 | Should you wish to just come and talk about it — you are still welcome — maybe the time is not right for you just now but you would like to hear more ! |
| 8 | It would n't take long to do it now but I ca n't be bothered |
| 9 | I was gon na give it to Ian to take to college tonight , but he 's not in so I ca n't , so I 've got ta send it now but I ca n't address . |
| 10 | I mean I 've had Fife College on the phone as well saying you know why ca n't we do it and Alec we 're really now we can do no more until Napier come up if for some reason Napier fell down on the job then I think I 've got enough knowledge about what we 're doing now but I would start running it round the other colleges including Telford who are doing a distance learning course |
| 11 | I 'm sorry I ca n't serve you now but I 'll get back to the bar as soon as I can . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not going to now but I might get two . ’ |
| 13 | Yes it only wants stitching up , I said er really I could sit and do it now but I could n't be bothered . |
| 14 | He 's calling out to me now but I can hardly hear him because I 'm screaming so hard , wetting my pants as I squeeze the screams out . |
| 15 | They 've got instruments for doing it now but I used to stick to my bit of stick . |
| 16 | Now Sammy was a character in himself he was a bachelor and his wi his sister was Fanny the elocutionist er and , and er there the women used to , to go into old Sammy 's shop on a Friday night simply to be entertained by all the wisecracks and nonsense that used to go on in there , and somebody would say I suppose you 're off this weekend and he 'd say yes I 'm off to my little widow in Wales , he had n't got a little widow in Wales at all now but it would the start of the conversation going . |
| 17 | It looks quite pretty now but it could be quite . |
| 18 | Wo n't particularly matter with what we 're doing now but it will do when we go on to seasons . |
| 19 | ‘ An old woman of ninety — she 's dead now but she used to live near here — she once told me there was an ancient noble family of a name like yours , who came from here originally . |
| 20 | ‘ Believe me , Anne , this is rotten for Sarah now but she will get better . ’ |