Example sentences of "[coord] it [be] now [conj] " in BNC.

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1 And so we have and it 's now that the war 's over , we 'll now see the press pressing and probing and trying to erm undermine John Major in the way they 've erm
2 This act of stealth and deceit is far from straightforward , and it is now that we begin to see some of the more subtle and complex adaptations of the cuckoo to its parasitic way of life .
3 Then gradually twitches of life manifested themselves and it is now as well as can be expected .
4 Many police officers today , even in the higher ranks , can not remember carrying out their police duties without the assistance of the computer , and it is now as much a part of police back-up as the police car and police radio .
5 Time and its buried hoard , however , had only been waiting in the wings , and it was now that the priest was discovering just how perfidious Time could be .
6 He desperately wanted to rest , but it was now or never .
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