Example sentences of "[pers pn] now [conj] " in BNC.

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31 I was going to call you now because of the national health
32 She 's gon na phone you now when she 's on her way around .
33 Well that 's what I want to get from you now if I can .
34 I 'll tell you now if the poster says Labour is n't working I 'm not having it .
35 I mean , if someone asked you now if you wanted a cup of tea , you would instantly visualise just that and say ‘ yes please ’ .
36 I should like to reiterate those comments to you now as I believe they remain relevant : 1 ) Control the duration of play by an ice hockey-type clock to prevent time-wasting. 2 ) Players to have their names on the back of their shirts .
37 We bring them before you now as we reflect on our Mother , Mary , who suffered as other mothers suffer , a mother faced with hardship , a refugee , a woman of sorrows .
38 ‘ Oh , so he 's charmed you now as well , has he ? ’ said her father .
39 So my mother calmly said , And I 'm not opening the door to you now or ever , she said .
40 can do you now or yeah , eh no , yes that 's right so
41 What was she now but a maimed thing , repugnant and ugly , which no love could ever be large enough to embrace ?
42 They had made sure of the few proprietors between there and Dunkeld ; the Duke of Atholl 's authority was weaker here ; tomorrow would be the hard day when they made a drive up to Moulin and Faskally : perhaps they should go and terrify them now while darkness made them lonely ?
43 And they 'll dry nice but I think you 'd need to put a stiff wire in them now while they 're st you know young .
44 Well you 've had your hands on all of them now so it 's probably highly likely .
45 She had a crop of them now that she could n't get rid of , even though she was using that acne treatment that worked wonders for the girl on the telly advert .
46 WHAT MAN WILL MARRY THEM NOW THAT THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN RUINED ?
47 I WAS shocked to receive this morning a letter from AI in an envelope bearing the question : ‘ What man will marry them now that their lives have been ruined ? ’
48 But not all their black arts could save them now that the full strength of Ulthuan was brought to bear .
49 Three old mill stones serve as the steps up to the door of the mill , an aesthetically appealing alternative use for them now that they are no longer required for the purpose for which they were designed .
50 For Harrison to tell them now that logging should end would be political suicide : ‘ Vote for me : I 'll send you back to the stone age ! ’
51 They both looked relaxed , an easy familiarity between them now that they were away from the office and cut free from the restrictions of boss and secretary .
52 The Archbishop , who has throughout er the last er three and a half years or more , since Terry Waite was kidnapped , he and the hostage families have stayed very much in touch with each other and they have supported each other and he agrees with them now that the Government , on this particular question , is wrong .
53 Well I do n't think we need to , the jury need read them now but they 're there and available for you to see in due course yes .
54 Er I remember one fellow er I think I can safely mention them now but they 're both dead anyway .
55 T : I 've got a lot more respect for them now because I met one of them at a party once and he told me they 're going to be bigger than The Beatles — in all seriousness .
56 All those people who criticise these young girls and say they wo n't be able to cope and wo n't make good mothers ought to come in here and look at them now because they were absolutely fantastic with those children .
57 They said well er I thought perhaps he was away preaching , she says oh no they do n't want any of m our people used to go out a lot preaching , but they do n't want any of them now because it 's too deep for them
58 That 's one size stockings there 's not much left in the way of them now because most people you know do n't wear stockings , these are pop
59 The reason we built it on this particular spot is this is the ash flurry from the boilers from the bottom there of the er power station and er it 's contents of slurry dried out , dried out and graded , well once nice and flat like this it gives the bird an ideal opportunity to at high tide and they can see around , there 's no vegetation , it 's very bad ground , and er , that is load of ducks , a good numbers of er oystercatchers , they do n't sometimes , which is really nice and so easy to count them now cos when the tide is out and you 've got the , the mud flats of course they 're spread out , now they 're nicely condensed down here , so it 's great , great little position for us you know , that 's all courtesy of the bottom of the boiler , you know , you know , give us this nice
60 Erm to be honest with you I think I 've binned them now cos I cleaned up me room .
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