Example sentences of "it be now [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How long ago would it be now that you had it all done ? |
| 2 | Then she decided to be awkward , like she always is , and said I says oh it 's still taping you know and I s she said summat , I ca n't remember what it were now but I was saying , I knew that 'd happen , one minute yes then no , then I 'll think about it , I says and if I did n't start it when you went out you 'd be saying you could 've done this and that and er so she were chittering , pretending she said I could n't do it . |
| 3 | But you 've got to remember that it 's now that the whole question of Walter Machin has come up again because of the new interest in him , and the republishing of the books and so on . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's now that I need it . ’ |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | But the College says it 's now as a mixed college the Somerville can best function and encourage academic excellence in women . |
| 7 | The most frequent visitor is the ice-cream van announcing itself several times a day with chords from " It 's Now or Never " or " Happy Days Are Here Again " . |
| 8 | ‘ We took the kids out in Windsor a few nights ago and after the meal Ally sang , ‘ It 's now or never ’ to me by the castle . |
| 9 | Twoflower , I thought , it 's now or never . |
| 10 | It 's now or never . |
| 11 | Well , it , it , it looked very similar , not quite as good as it is now but er , it was n't no where near as wide of course . |
| 12 | I do n't know whee it is now but it was there . |
| 13 | He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night . |
| 14 | Mm but I , I mean I can use it as it is now but anything else on to it I would find it difficult . |
| 15 | I know what it is now but |
| 16 | It is now that the band requires an accountant . |
| 17 | It is now that the marked effect of training can most clearly be felt . |
| 18 | It is now that a man may pick the flowers and fruit of his lifetime , and complete his gardens of philosophy . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It is now that the final form of the book begins to emerge , and the researcher has to begin to withdraw from the research group . |
| 21 | In previous generations it was much less likely than it is now that grandparents would have lived to know their grandchildren as adults ( see chapters 2 and 3 ) . |
| 22 | So it was when my life began so it is now that I am a man . |
| 23 | THE spring Town Crier came yesterday and what a terrific read it is now that it is being produced by Darlington College of Technology students . |
| 24 | A I would suggest you have your hair regularly trimmed to the length it is now until the layers grow down successfully without splitting , then you have a chance of growing your hair longer . |
| 25 | All that science could say is : The universe is as it is now because it was as it was then . |
| 26 | Though the Dragon Princes were few the destruction they could wreak was unmatched then as it is now and few dared the wrath of Caledor . |
| 27 | It claims 100% compatibility with Windows 3. x ( as it is now and as it may become to ward off emulators ) and no degradation in the performance of any Windows application . |
| 28 | X ( as it is now and as it may become to ward off emulators ) and no degradation in the performance of any Windows application . |
| 29 | Er but er this is the position as it is now and I I 've taken the conservative position as always . |
| 30 | Volcanoes emit very large concentr very large amounts of hydrochloric acid as a gas H C L gas and earlier in the earth 's history volcanic activity was much , much more widespread than it is now and during this period vast amounts of H C L were emitted . |