Example sentences of "but now [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a fight but now that I am at college you can believe I am the happiest girl around here . |
| 2 | ‘ The decision to do so was one of the hardest I have ever made : but now that I am committed ( by dint of posting the letter before I had time to change my mind ) I began to be afraid of opposite extremes — afraid that I am merely indulging in an orgy of egoism . ’ |
| 3 | But now that I think further about it , I am not sure Miss Kenton spoke quite so boldly that day . |
| 4 | ‘ But now that I have made myself available for England again it 's important to be part of this Championship . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Perhaps I just had n't noticed before , but now that I did , it seemed that funerals , and allied subjects , were very much the in thing . |
| 7 | But now that I am , you see Marion as a threat to your position . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 9 | I 've had support from as far away as Boston , Massachusetts ( nowhere else , actually ) , for the retention of old Sir Wynkyn at the head of this column , but now that I have met the new fellow , commissioned at vast expense ( as the Editor has been at pains to point out ) , I feel he 's quite me . |
| 10 | But now that I look at her , I 've changed my mind . ’ |
| 11 | I had tried hard to destroy all feelings of love for him , but now that I saw him again , I could not stop myself loving him . |
| 12 | ‘ I just was n't sure what this mystery was all about , that 's all , but now that I know , I — ’ |
| 13 | But now that I have I can sense him as a personality much better than his biscuit-rich brother . |
| 14 | So now I always and so I , I 'm thinking that it might be that , that I that erm maybe you know like I used to be anxious about something like that and I used to wake up and the dream used to happen , but now that I 've double checked that I know for sure that , that I 'm safe you know for the night it does n't happen any more by cutting off possibility |
| 15 | I waited till we heard him on the stairs , then told them how I had offered to drive this run , but now that I was a passenger it would be against the rules . |
| 16 | ‘ No pressure , but now that I know about Francisco it makes sense to leave them as soon as I find something suitable . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ But now that I 've been on a regular contract at Brookside for the last two years I can afford a season ticket in the stand ! ’ |
| 18 | I always believed what she told me , but now as I considered her words I objected . |
| 19 | I 'd caught sight of him in the distance from time to time all afternoon , but now when I wanted him his red hair was n't anywhere around . |
| 20 | But now when I think about it , I think maybe I would n't . |
| 21 | That 's right , yeah , but but now like I said , you 're gon na have to , to have your certain pipes . |