Example sentences of "now that i have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | Breathing was even more difficult now that I had stopped running , and I was racked by bouts of coughing . |
2 | Now that I had reached a town , there was an elaborate routine to undergo . |
3 | But true to his plan not to do anything to interrupt , or to deflect me from , my studies , while I was up at Oxford , he took the first opportunity , now that I had gone down , to enlist my services with The Criterion . |
4 | Now that I had turned against John to protect myself , everybody blamed me . |
5 | Now that I had found my silver-grey subject I could begin filming . |
6 | I wondered why McIllvanney had not told me that Rickie and Robin-Anne Crowninshield were drug addicts , then I realised that McIllvanney would not have told me anything that might have risked my acceptance of the charter , but now that I had learned that the twins had such a severe drug problem I was even less keen to take on the job . |
7 | Now that I had left the college dormitory I used to look fearfully from rime to time out of my window , expecting to see that gang of fascist students coming to beat me up . |
8 | Now that I had got it out I leaned back in my tubular steel chair with just the suggestion of a smirk on my face . |
9 | I almost wish now that I had settled for chronic asthma with which to punish Miller , dispensing with the limp and the sausage fingers altogether . |
10 | ‘ Now that I 've eaten and drunk my fill it 's time for me to beat away , ’ he said after about an hour . |
11 | ‘ Now that I 've seen the finished copy I 'm delighted that I encouraged Susan to write it , ’ said Mrs Major . |
12 | ‘ Now that I 've seen these , I 'm very glad I did . ’ |
13 | Now that I 've seen his photograph and read his prose style , I ca n't imagine how he and Serafin ever contrived to live together . |
14 | No , now that I 've seen it . |
15 | ‘ So , now that I 've explained everything , do you think you 'll marry me ? ’ |
16 | ‘ My first aim has to be success with Llanelli but now that I 've accepted this position I 'm going to be totally committed to developing Welsh rugby ’ . |
17 | ‘ Now that I 've met her I — ’ |
18 | ‘ Now that I 've met you again , ’ he said meaningly , ‘ I shall be coming down much more often . |
19 | ‘ I 'm going to be from now on , ’ he said , ‘ now that I 've made you come . |
20 | Now that I 've heard what can really be done with this 1915 score , I greatly prefer the flavour of the Teatre Lliure 's tough and stringy version to the Carmé Ensemble 's plump , battery-fed one . |
21 | I feel so much better now that I 've written to you , Joan . |
22 | On the other hand , something like walking past a building site in the summer in shorts is much easier now that I 've lost weight . |
23 | ‘ I 've worked out now that I 've hit the woodwork 10 times this season , so two inches either way and I could have had 14 goals instead of four , ’ he lamented . |
24 | Well , now that I 've tracked you down , perhaps you would n't mind letting me in on the key to all this mystery . |
25 | This is my garden — and now that I 've dug the tunnel , I want you to think of it as your garden , too ! ’ |
26 | ‘ I want to do more and feel that I can , now that I 've brought up my family . ’ |
27 | Now that I 've mentioned drugs the story suddenly sounds believable . |
28 | AND , now that I 've mentioned joints , continuing progress in developing |
29 | ‘ Not in the least now that I 've had a chance to study you him . |
30 | I certainly would not like to do without my own sound card now that I 've had one for some time , and I 'm seriously considering changing it for a Laserwave Plus , purely because I find its configurability and standard of sound to be better than the one I already have . |