Example sentences of "[pers pn] now that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The area organiser responded : ‘ It 's a local rule , and I can tell you now that the committee will reject your application unless you 're in a union . ’ |
| 2 | It does n't matter what you think , it 's what people round here think and I can tell you now that you could get yourself into serious trouble . ’ |
| 3 | To find out whether your early life has forced a good or bad self-image upon you now that you are adult , answer yes or no to the statements below . |
| 4 | ‘ I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received and that consequently this country is at war with Germany . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I will tell you now that the Slave can take the shape of a human . |
| 6 | Tell you now that Sylvie 's dead . ’ |
| 7 | Now if you teach me a bit ( and I warn you now that I 'm very stupid ) Mrs Joe must never know . |
| 8 | I accept that I ca n't marry you now that I 'm poor . |
| 9 | I might as well tell you now that I have done some freelance work for Her Majesty 's intelligence services . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ How does your father continue to humiliate you now that he is dead ? ’ |
| 11 | Yeah the Second World War , right , so er I can tell you now that in actual fact there 's no structural change during the thirties here but there is structural change during the war . |
| 12 | It 's not the only thing you need to do , there are some other things that I can say to you now that you might recognise . |
| 13 | If I told you now that we needed another five gangs of floor tilers or whatever it was which you had n't got enough of , it wo n't be floor tilers something you have n't got enough of , everything , could you get them by Monday ? |
| 14 | ‘ I want to inform you now that [ my government ] will oppose approval of the draft oilseed accord by all means agreed between member states . ’ |
| 15 | Oh they had I must tell you now that at the time that we had n't got a car at all , on the occasion of a royal visit , or some very important action being taken , my Chief Constable used to hire a chauffeur driven car from Mr of Lane in Ipswich . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | WHAT MAN WILL MARRY THEM NOW THAT THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN RUINED ? |
| 18 | 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 ? ’ |
| 19 | But not all their black arts could save them now that the full strength of Ulthuan was brought to bear . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ! ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It seems to me now that I must have been more than a little simple , because I received a telephone call from the home the very next day . |
| 25 | Ellen , I would that you could come to me now that you are alone and would ask you to consider it seriously . |
| 26 | It occurs to me now that the man might just possibly have meant this in a humorous sort of way ; that is to say , he intended it as a bantering remark . |
| 27 | ( Note that Liz Waterland has modified her idea of apprenticeship since this 1985 pamphlet appeared : ‘ It seems to me now that the text , whether in print or in the child 's own creation , is the guide and demonstrator , the adult and the child together are the apprentices — albeit at different stages of competence — who are feeling their way towards knowledge of the meaning of words ’ ( Waterland , 1986 , p. 147 ) . |
| 28 | Tell me you have n't gone from me now that you are dead . ’ |
| 29 | In fact , it seems to me now that what remained constant did so , and all the more so , because of the changes with which the family was faced . |
| 30 | The plethora of adjectives point , again , towards self-dramatisation , and it is clear to me now that I used this device as a means of bearing depression in general . |