Example sentences of "now that i [verb] [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that I had left the college dormitory I used to look fearfully from rime to time out of my window , expecting to see that gang of fascist students coming to beat me up . |
| 2 | ‘ Now that I 've seen the finished copy I 'm delighted that I encouraged Susan to write it , ’ said Mrs Major . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've worked out now that I 've hit the woodwork 10 times this season , so two inches either way and I could have had 14 goals instead of four , ’ he lamented . |
| 4 | This is my garden — and now that I 've dug the tunnel , I want you to think of it as your garden , too ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Now that I 've had the frocks made , I think I will definitely do the pantomime — even if they have to suspend me from pegs , ’ she declared . |
| 6 | ‘ Now that I 've got the car we can do things like that , ’ Edward went on . |
| 7 | ‘ Now that I 've got the handbrake off , ’ Dickinson said , ‘ I think it 'll be less of a struggle . |
| 8 | ‘ Now that I 've left the army , I 'll soon be down in the fields with you again , ’ said Troy lightly . |
| 9 | Now that I 'd drawn the incident out from my unconscious , in much the same manner as Doctor Keylock or any of the so-called psychotherapists might have done , now that I 'd faced it , admitted it to myself , thought it all through without holding back from any of the horror of what happened that sunny afternoon seven years ago , I could see that , whoever 's fault the accident might have been , it certainly was n't mine . |
| 10 | I 've had support from as far away as Boston , Massachusetts ( nowhere else , actually ) , for the retention of old Sir Wynkyn at the head of this column , but now that I have met the new fellow , commissioned at vast expense ( as the Editor has been at pains to point out ) , I feel he 's quite me . |
| 11 | I was against this sport all along , but it is only now that I have read the page in the Leicester Mercury that I feel bold enough to speak out to you . |