Example sentences of "[conj] now [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd taken him literally , although now she questioned whether that had been wise . |
| 2 | I resent the fact that now I worry if I 'm travelling late by bus . |
| 3 | Rob Andrew , his captain , added : ‘ Not one player in that team had won in Paris , and now we know that France are vulnerable when you keep running at them . ’ |
| 4 | The King of Blefuscu has always wanted to defeat Lilliput in war , and now we hear that he 's prepared a large number of ships , which will attack us very soon . |
| 5 | ‘ And now we hear that Steiner did n't die , ’ Schellenberg said . |
| 6 | And now we find that the people who are troubling the Dales most at the moment are out of your own world — Bragad and Jinneth . |
| 7 | We learned to be open , honest and frank with the media and now we find that we are treated fairly . ’ |
| 8 | erm there was a time , for instance , when we had members of parliament who were gentlemen of means , perhaps , and who did not need to draw salaries , erm and it was erm perhaps a gentleman amateur job , but it 's all changed totally now and now we recognise that erm to be a national politician is a career and erm it is a career which is perhaps rewarded at the going rate . |
| 9 | And now they say that Currer Bell is a writer who understands women very well ! ’ |
| 10 | But I 'm aware and now I know that men are |
| 11 | We all called him ‘ Mol ’ abbreviating his name as students always do ; and throughout the diocese he is known by all his brother priests as simply ‘ Mol ’ ; and now I gather that his parishioners call him Fr Mol . |
| 12 | So you will have Miss Blagden to thank and now I suppose that since I am useless to you I will not hear from you again which will not grieve me if that is all I am good for . |
| 13 | And now I wonder whether I ever got the truth from you . |
| 14 | And now I wonder if it ever really happened . |
| 15 | And now I learn that the Foundation has just had to purchase a number of canvases from this very donor for a far from meagre amount . |
| 16 | And now I realize that people still lie , steal , and fight , just as they have always done , and probably will always do . |
| 17 | What about at the back Mick because Richard missed er the game at the weekend with a groin strain and now I understand that Paul er might be doubtful for tonight ? |
| 18 | I always thought it was too early , he wrote , and now I see that it is much too late . |
| 19 | " I have advocated this for a long time " , he declared , " and now I see that some of the shipowners are inclined to agree to it . |
| 20 | I had regarded the English language almost as my own private possession , something which was mine by right , and now it seemed that I was going to have to fight to hang on to it , as I was having to fight for everything else . |
| 21 | The kids had been sent to her mother 's house , and now it seemed that they had a new surrogate father . |
| 22 | And now it seemed that she had his understanding — and his love . |
| 23 | They had never even tried it until she had first seen Alain and now it seemed that every step she took was to be supervised . |
| 24 | He had resigned Clairvaux ; he had agreed to do homage to his brother ; and now it looked as though all the work of 1182 was going to be undone . |
| 25 | Paul Lane had warned him that Phyllis liked to play things her own way , and now it looked as though she did indeed . |
| 26 | And now it looked as though she would n't be living here after all . |
| 27 | ‘ We simply went to work like normal citizens during martial law and now it seems that 's a crime , ’ he went on , gesturing at the 20 heads of party factory cells who were gathered to discuss the future of communism in Poland . |
| 28 | And now it seems that I will go to my grave without meeting that special person . |
| 29 | ‘ We 've waited for years to have a Formula One world champion like Mansell — and now it looks as though we wo n't be able to use him . |
| 30 | And now it looks as though I 'm going to be tied up with television work pretty regularly . ’ |