Example sentences of "now [conj] [pron] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there were also some very happy and amusing times , and I 'm so thankful now that we had the experience . ’ |
| 2 | Now that we knew the line , we progressed quickly into the wild world of the seemingly blank walls and hanging stances that made up the meat of the route . |
| 3 | It was the loveliest day imaginable now that she knew the name of Angel 's foster parents . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , if I am , Mrs Hamilton certainly must be , ’ she told him seriously , not wanting either of the doctors to see that she did indeed find the responsibility she was about to take on quite daunting now that she knew the full scope of Faye Hamilton 's problems . |
| 5 | She would be more on her guard in future , however , now that she knew the unpredictable nature of the old lady 's malevolence . |
| 6 | Shelley had been watching them , amused at this family banter , knowing that it was no business of hers to stay , now that she knew the old man was all right . |
| 7 | Now that she had the money she needed , she was singing happily . |
| 8 | ‘ I mean — ’ Biff 's tongue was loosening now that he felt the pleasant glow of heat at the back of his skull . |
| 9 | Now that he had the information he needed , he might as well leave in any case . |
| 10 | She had hoped he might arrange to come and collect her now that he had the car — and now that things were , well , serious between them . |
| 11 | Now that he had the opportunity , Lucien was too embarrassed to speak . |
| 12 | But all that seemed almost like a simple happy life , now that he knew the real questions . |
| 13 | His courage had returned now that he knew the tiger was only proposing to gobble up his oxen , not him . |
| 14 | The sort of affair that would not be tolerated now that he held the stewardship of the Service . |
| 15 | At a meeting on 26th March 1860 , the Town Council met to elect its twelve trustees , now that it controlled the School . |
| 16 | Now that I knew the source of Jean-Claude 's black eye and bruises , I felt lighter , and the chasm of distrust that had been opened up between Jean-Claude and myself in the rue de Sèvres , closed with the key Otto had unwittingly provided . |
| 17 | ‘ You mean you were sitting where you are now and you told the glass to topple over and it did ? ’ |
| 18 | He was the one that got me pregnant and he says that I ca n't come home at all now and I phoned the hospital , yes , and they said that come in and if I go in then you 're going to arrest me and then you 'll just call my dad like you always have done every time I 've run away from home and then every time you lot have took me back home and then I end up getting pregnant . |
| 19 | Now if we sold the whole lot we 're gon na struggle a bit . |
| 20 | Please believe that , at least , ’ she finished brokenly , not caring now if he saw the naked pleading in her eyes . |
| 21 | But if I was a referee now unless I saw the forward actually trying to stay on his feet I would view all of those fouls very suspiciously . |
| 22 | You wo n't now because they got the hospital to build on . |
| 23 | You 're just mad now because I turned the tables on you . ’ |
| 24 | They say things are better for the bairns now since they brought the hours down to ten , but some of the pigs get over that . |
| 25 | It 's been 10 years now since I left the farm , and I 'm happy that I 've ‘ escaped ’ to London . |
| 26 | Wayne was driving now as they left the last of the houses behind , following the lake shore for a while until the wooded hillside of the Step rose up and screened it from their sight . |
| 27 | It had been sheer vanity that had made Fran call at the exclusive boutique on the way home from work , and now as she studied the dress she wondered if that vanity had bordered on madness ! |
| 28 | She 'd got her voice back too late to answer , she thought now as she remembered the incident . |
| 29 | He watched her now as she singed the birds over the gas-flame . |
| 30 | He was smiling now as he approached the captain . |