Example sentences of "[adj] now [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , now , one of the things , I was gon na say this later but I 'm gon na say this now because it fits in here quite nicely , although as you 'll see I 'll revert to this later , but while we 're doing sex theory I 'll mention it . |
| 2 | Her mocking laughter sounded as clear now as it had done months earlier . |
| 3 | Yet it was as impossible now as it had always been , and she groaned . |
| 4 | The figure 's breathing was harsh and uneven now and it seemed incapable of further movement . |
| 5 | But I did n't like working at Johnny Walkers so I think it was quite a good thing at the time , although I did n't really like it I 'm glad now that it happened cos I 'd probably still be working in there . |
| 6 | Following the election result , it seems almost inevitable that Labour will adopt a commitment to some form of proportional representation ( writes Backchat 's ‘ things that seem almost inevitable following the election result ’ correspondent ) , although , ironically , it seems considerably less inevitable now than it did a few weeks ago . |
| 7 | ‘ Indeed the working relationship between the two is as good now as it has ever been . ’ |
| 8 | This was not because of the enemy fire , which was less frequent now than it had ever been , for evidently the sepoys had decided to bide their time until the end of the rains . |
| 9 | She had been right in her assumption about the photograph — she was sure now that it had been taken at one of those supper parties , and without prior warning . |
| 10 | The idea of one global power holding the other to ransom seems less credible now than it has done previously . |
| 11 | Has my right honourable friend had an opportunity to see the report from three I s , investors in industry , in which they have surveyed five hundred of the companies in which they invest and the confidence factor of those businesses is higher now than it 's ever been since they started the surveys in nineteen eighty eight . |
| 12 | . A group set up not too far away from here in Newark said that the erm , It has been said that the river is worse now than it 's ever been in history . |
| 13 | The purpose of the vast megalithic constructions , for example , remains almost as mysterious now as it did in the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | It was strange , she thought , that her physical response to shock should be the same now as it had been after Hugo was killed , so that to her present grief was added a grief for him as keen , as new as when she had first heard that he was dead . |
| 15 | Remorse , dissatisfaction and hope filled his mind as the heat of a glorious midsummer approached , and his yearning for a means to channel his abundant intellectual and emotional energy was greater now than it had ever been . |
| 16 | When Scarlet attempted to disagree , albeit feebly , Constance cited the scandals in the City and pointed out that the gap between the highest- and the lowest-paid was greater now than it had been since the nineteenth century . |
| 17 | The 1970s were not characterized by an emphasis on the bibliographical aspects of librarianship , and the possibility of wide-scale application of McClellan 's ideas seem more remote now than it did 20 years ago . |
| 18 | ‘ The police service is arguably more efficient now than it has ever been . |
| 19 | He 'd had a couple of sessions with his union rep and had been told not to worry , it was just a way of filling some quota ; if anything , his job was probably more secure now than it had been before . |
| 20 | Hence , a political economy of the urban is scarcely more plausible now than it has ever been in the past . |
| 21 | For she had been wearing this dress the night she had first glimpsed the truth about her sister , a truth that was as unpalatable now as it had been then . |