Example sentences of "now [conj] i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am starting to puff a bit now so I stop behind a Ford Capri and try to get my breath back . |
| 2 | I 'm very puzzled by this now so I ask for clarification , if it 's a long franchise then , if it 's a fifteen year franchise , are you saying that the franchisee will have control over the track ? |
| 3 | I got down there just now so I said to him |
| 4 | ‘ I 've a pretty good idea , now that I know of his existence . |
| 5 | Indeed , now that I know about the Marmite and the teenage sons it seems more mysterious than ever . |
| 6 | ‘ No pressure , but now that I know about Francisco it makes sense to leave them as soon as I find something suitable . ’ |
| 7 | He had known where the coal was kept , and the Calor gas poker , and he had had a key — which , now that I thought about it , I should certainly have asked him to hand over to me … |
| 8 | And now that I thought about it , I had vaguely wondered at the ‘ good time ’ I had made on my walk from the cottage , and at the leisurely stretch of time I had had on the island . |
| 9 | But I feel better already , now that I belong to such a great and good queen . ’ |
| 10 | But now that I look at her , I 've changed my mind . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But of course , now that I look at you , you have his colouring . |
| 12 | I was always annoyed though , Phil and George were magnificent dancers and the chap I used to walk out with sometimes he er he 'd he he used say now that I look like this ! |
| 13 | Now that I think about it , very , very lucky indeed . |
| 14 | Now that I think about it , his behaviour had been a little odd . |
| 15 | I realize , now that I think about it , that even our weekend walks in the countryside around London , with their characteristic mixture of dullness and reassurance , are going to take quite a lot of analysis . |
| 16 | ‘ Now that I think about it , back home Prince is either the name of a rock singer — or a dog , ’ Caroline said slowly . |
| 17 | In fact , I look better now than I did at 20 and I 'm still pretty fit . |
| 18 | It is worth the effort because I feel so much better about it now than I did before discovering the benefits of low fat eating and intensive stretching exercises . |
| 19 | ‘ I feel better about the market now than I have for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 20 | I 'm ninety three now and I go in this back yard do something every time . |
| 21 | Our exercise periods were indeed much longer now and I padded around the room as much as I could , but Brian would often get bored and go back to a book . |
| 22 | The home manual school panel meeting erm on erm for sometime now and I think for those people who do n't get to see the government . |
| 23 | It was night now and I turned for home , an awestruck child again , but joyful in the new world of understanding that had supplanted the dark , African fears . |
| 24 | But she 's getting cross now cos I said to her look you 've got ta think about this seriously . |
| 25 | I think that it would be helpful now if I described in some detail what the effect of the banding arrangements will be , as there has been considerable misunderstanding of the provisions . |
| 26 | now if I tape for about an hour and a half or an hour and then rewind it , it 'll go |
| 27 | ‘ It ca n't hurt the Oak now if I stand on it to get in , can it ? |
| 28 | Even now if I look at a video the hair still stands up on the back of the neck , and you get that tingle on the spine . |
| 29 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 30 | Yeah I have now because I changed with Phil did n't I ? |