Example sentences of "[verb] now [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that 's where Dr lives now is n't it . |
| 2 | But what is happening now is worse than discretionary whim , it is an echo of the power of the means-test " nark " of the 1930s who could make people sell their goods and chattels before qualifying for relief . |
| 3 | But what was happening now was that the bream were frequently dropping the bait before I could strike . |
| 4 | In the closing moments of their final interview Porfiry wonders if there 's a storm coming — ‘ and it would be no bad thing ’ , he says , ‘ to freshen the air ’ ; which is a literal rephrasing of the metaphorical ‘ All you want now is air , air , air ! ’ with which he presses home his argument for confession and acceptance of suffering , and for life . |
| 5 | ‘ Right , Piper , what we want now is something to eat . |
| 6 | All I want now is to get this 'ere wallet into the mitts of that geezer I do n't like the look of . ’ |
| 7 | What I want now is a head of department in a really good school , and then I 'd do what our head of department has done . |
| 8 | Well look through that and I wa what I want now is if you , can try and work your way through it . |
| 9 | ‘ What I want now is a good scotch and soda to take the taste away . |
| 10 | ‘ What I want now is to know who in the last month has been here to buy arsenic and belladonna ? |
| 11 | Unfortunately there are sacrifices to be made , it could mean less time with loved ones or a more pressurised lifestyle , but if that 's what you want now is the time to reach out and take it . |
| 12 | But the lads have been tremendous , and there 's a buzz around the club now all we want now is for them to show the same attitude tonight . ’ |
| 13 | All he needs now is someone to pass it to — another 10 players around him . ’ |
| 14 | His machinery works , and he even has government approval — all he needs now is a manufacturer . |
| 15 | Helgersen is blunt in her conclusion : ‘ What business needs now is exactly what women are able to provide . ’ |
| 16 | With Vicki just having her birthday she 's got all she needs now is n't it ? |
| 17 | What we need to know now is what the Brigadier here is going to give us for lunch . |
| 18 | ‘ What I need to know now is , what Sir Thomas ate and drank . ’ |
| 19 | What he needed to know now was what kind of murderers they were . |
| 20 | What I feel I know now is that God does n't intervene . |
| 21 | But no matter where East Europeans would like to end up , what counts now is getting them there . |
| 22 | ‘ If anything , the meals I cook now are tastier , ’ says Odette . |
| 23 | The only time I cry now is in my sleep . |
| 24 | So witchraft now is legal and ‘ Gay ’ no longer crime . |
| 25 | But what I 'm wearing now I 'll be wearing in a year or eighteen months , it does n't chop and change like a fashion ; the meaning it has now is the same one it will have in eighteen months ' time . |
| 26 | All it has now is a mass of blanketweed around the pump ( which works well ) . |
| 27 | Cole has worked at a variety of catering units run by High Table in his five years with the company and has now been promoted to executive chef . |
| 28 | A total of £3 million has now been allocated to European applicants . |
| 29 | This moment is the proper conclusion that sums up what has now been accomplished . |
| 30 | Removal squads descended on the Lakes , threatening and verbally abusing and the bolt has now been hacksawed through , leaving a useless stump . |