Example sentences of "'s now " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There is nothing I can do , ’ said the King , as she was dragged away , ‘ I can see those in charge , but it 's now in the hands of the Justice people . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think you did , either , but unfortunately it 's now more complicated than that . ’ |
| 3 | It was serious stuff , this poetry , Leonard 's now suntanned complexion adding to the prophetic tones as he came , Elijah-like , out of his own wilderness experience . |
| 4 | ‘ England is an island without sea , or else an island that used to be sea-bound , only so long ago that the sea 's now evaporated . ’ |
| 5 | It 's now a well-gnawed stump on our sitting room floor . |
| 6 | Mr Rocard is frightened that , without reform , the PTT risks the same fate as France 's now moribund iron and steel industry . |
| 7 | ‘ IT 'S now a certainty — almost . ’ |
| 8 | It 's now up to me to use the opportunity to breakthrough . ’ |
| 9 | There 's now no trace of a labyrinth , though some shapes echo part of that on the coins . |
| 10 | A constructive if brief discussion of the problematic convergence of race and homosexuality occurs in Dennis Altman 's now twenty-year-old pioneering study , Homosexual Oppression and Liberation . |
| 11 | Lord Blake 's now revised 1968 Ford Lectures provide an introduction to the late nineteenth and twentieth century party , but their aim was to provide a sketch , not a comprehensive study . |
| 12 | She had shown him with pride to both her mother and grandmother and had carried him to bed more deeply satisfied than at any time since she had been weaned from Phoebe 's now forgotten breasts . |
| 13 | It 's now the younger people , the people who make fortunes , like Richard Branson of Virgin , or even tennis stars , who set the standards . |
| 14 | It 's now one of the best steel companies in the world . |
| 15 | She 's now a fully fledged clock ‘ doc ’ and can repair her treasures herself . |
| 16 | It 's now easier to check if the house you are planning to buy is ‘ green ’ , thanks to a new rating scheme launched by the National Energy Foundation . |
| 17 | She 's now able to walk around the house although outside she has to use a wheelchair . |
| 18 | She 's now grown up with her own baby . |
| 19 | It 's now an award-winning industrial museum , and features a recreation of the city 's Jewish tailoring quarter . |
| 20 | While the hairdressers I spoke to admitted the cult of the dominating hairdresser was strong in the last decade , they all feel it 's now on it 's way out . |
| 21 | It 's now somewhere in the back of my wardrobe , waiting for Oxfam . |
| 22 | Instead of being terrified of commercial mainstream pop , she 's now manipulating its stereotypes . |
| 23 | Urban life 's now seen as a threat to our vulnerable individuality : the jungle of the ghetto , the ‘ urban hell ’ that rap music talks about , becomes a paradigm for all of us . |
| 24 | Janos Kadar — Hungary 's now detested former Communist leader — preferred to counter this with quiet persuasion which , needless to say , left Ceausescu unmoved . |
| 25 | Despite two coronary bypasses , he 's now strangled with anoxic pain , face grey , clutching his throat . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've a good mind to go down to Mrs Wright 's now and get to the bottom of this , ’ said his Dad as Philip went upstairs . |
| 27 | Lee would be down at Mrs Wright 's now , waiting for her . |
| 28 | ‘ Well you ai n't at Mrs P 's now , are you ? ’ said Gloria crossly . |
| 29 | Is n't it funny she 's now our greatest friend . |
| 30 | It 's now ten years since he set up Some Bizzare , and in that time he has enticed Matt Johnson , You 've Got Foetus On Your Breath , Psychic TV , Einstuerzende Neubauten and Berlin-born cabaret singer Anges Bernelle into his entourage . |