Example sentences of "i now had " in BNC.
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| 1 | From being a peripheral figure for most of my working life , I now had to adjust to being on centre stage . |
| 2 | I now had to start thinking about things like that . |
| 3 | In consequence , according to the rule book , I now had to be taken seriously . |
| 4 | To help I now had three rucsacs on my back . |
| 5 | Working part of lunchtime had a slight advantage for me because it meant I now had a bit more time to load the container rail set . |
| 6 | I remember the awe with which I realised — suddenly , while pushing the bike up the bog road — that I now had no excuses for putting off being happy ; there was no one left to blame . |
| 7 | ‘ I REMEMBER THE AWE WITH WHICH I REALISED — SUDDENLY , WHILE PUSHING THE BIKE UP THE BOG ROAD — THAT I NOW HAD NO EXCUSES FOR PUTTING OFF BEING HAPPY ; THERE WAS NO ONE LEFT TO BLAME ’ |
| 8 | I now had to find 20 chickens before dark . |
| 9 | As I had mistakenly left my only pair of worn-in boots in Salford — I had been wearing them when I packed the kit , and changed into shoes to travel to North Africa — I now had blisters under the balls of both feet and another running from the top of my left heel right under the foot . |
| 10 | Just as Montgomery kept a photo of Rommel beside him in his desert caravan , so I now had my cancer cell . |
| 11 | I made no contribution to the evening , but Helen said I now had fairies sitting on both shoulders . |
| 12 | The immediate outcome was that I now had someone to take me around , and I used to brag a bit about ‘ my ’ Corporal . |
| 13 | He also told me that I now had a younger brother , Russell , which made me feel excited and wonder that he could be like . |
| 14 | I now had the incentive to train even harder , and I looked forward to the outdoor season with considerable relish . |
| 15 | I now had the tin open , and had selected one of the frenchies . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , I now had 120 people , 116 women and 4 men , who had followed the diet for a full eight-week period . |
| 17 | They were still talking when I continued on my way back to my roomette where I sat in comfortable privacy for a while reading the timetable and also reflecting that although I still had no answers to the old questions , I now had a whole crop of new ones , the most urgent being whether or not Filmer had already known the Youngs were friends of Ezra Gideon . |
| 18 | Ted Ray , one of the judges , reminded me that I now had to work out an act for ‘ The All Winners Show ’ , which happened every seventh week , a contest between the six previous show winners . |
| 19 | ’ At the age of 21 I turned to prostitution to provide money for drugs as I now had a heavy addiction . |
| 20 | It was felt by some members , the secretary told me , that as I now had a residence in Edinburgh , I ought to become a fully paid-up member . |
| 21 | I now had something I could call my own : my disease , my unique neurosis , which I perceived as my thinness . |
| 22 | Yet I now had to accept , if not yet understand , that Margaret 's fundamental reason for not remarrying was the plain fact that she did not want to . |
| 23 | Journalistically , I now had more status in the little Gazette office . |
| 24 | I now had no idea how many arrangements we would find . |
| 25 | Once again , I was restless and unfulfilled , though I now had a successful business and was happily married . |
| 26 | The family I now had , the people who had saved me from starvation , I could now help them ! |
| 27 | I could n't think of a single thing to say , but dimly realized that I now had my role for the evening ; I had done nothing to bring this off ; but I was to be the identifiable face of the campaign . |
| 28 | I now had the distinct impression that headvoice had been right all the time , that it was in fact down to me , or rather the old ‘ guilty conscience ’ ( which is well known to be capable of playing up without proper cause ) , playing tricks with my head . |
| 29 | I now had two sets of parents . |
| 30 | That it was she , and talking to Henry Clerval , I now had no doubt . |