Example sentences of "[conj] now [pron] [be] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they had a particularly bad time many of them lost absolutely everything and now they 're protesting cos the Lloyds people are only coming up with a nine hundred million pound rescue package that might give them some of them back half of what they invested . |
| 2 | They exchanged photographs before they met , but when I first saw him he looked years older and much fatter than in his photo and now it 's emerged that he 's 48 and divorced . |
| 3 | She had dreamt of this moment , fantasised it in her mind so many lonely dark nights , and now it was happening and nothing had prepared her for this self-destruction . |
| 4 | Erm and he 's saying that you know to start with basically education has always been the preserve of the landlords , er the peasants have n't had anything to do with education , have always been poor illiterate peasants erm and now he 's saying that because the landlords have been overthrown erm suddenly peasants er have , you know , are forming erm schools and have been able to be taught various things . |
| 5 | And now he was insinuating that she would be extending her stay long enough for a tour of the whole country ! |
| 6 | Each time I asked , you fobbed me off , and now you 're suggesting that I should fix my belief in you without some kind of hook to hang it on . |
| 7 | The arthritis , an inherited complaint , was painful in both knees , she had slept fitfully , disturbed by nightmares , and now she was to go and spend a distressing afternoon with Eleanor . |
| 8 | But now we are told that the Labour party plans to increase the local contribution to no less than 20 per cent . |
| 9 | One of my daughters is a sculptress , and one was a model but now she 's retired and has a baby — whatever makes them happy . |
| 10 | At one time only a few selected diseases were thought to have links with the sufferer 's state of mind , but now it is recognized that a whole range — from cancer to heart attack — may be brought on by worry and strain . |
| 11 | White never used to be a predominant Goshiki colour , but now it is realised that a snow-white base admirably sets off the other shades . |
| 12 | But now it is understood that annual sales have slipped to only about $30m — and accumulated losses at the subsidiary are put at as much as $10m . |
| 13 | But now it 's hoped that Longfords may be restored to its former glory . |
| 14 | Walter 's managed to get the hold that he needs , but now he 's tugging and nothing 's happening . |
| 15 | He had never seen Nails before as other than a surly , rude boy , but now he was smiling and looked light-headed . |
| 16 | Previously I 've written songs about all these other subjects which personally affect me , but now I 'm thirtysomething and it may be down to a need to find out about and rationalise my environment , but these songs about Wales seem to be appearing . ’ |
| 17 | I was working on a basic cable pattern , but now I 'm wondering if there are other clever cables to be made this way . |
| 18 | … the crisis today is that we have fictions which no one admits to be fictions , whereas before people had myths , people had religions , and so on , and a lot of it was believed in as a matter of faith , whereas now everything is presented as real , and it is no more real than the myths of before . |