Example sentences of "now [conj] it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was clear to me from this letter that we were engaged again , if that was what I wanted , and I did ; also , that the natural happiness and buoyancy of Leslie 's nature had reasserted itself , now that it had been released from what he had felt to be the cramping frustration of home service . |
| 2 | Now that it had been draped by thick blankets stripped from the beds upstairs it was very dark . |
| 3 | It was too much , now that it had happened . |
| 4 | After so long thinking that the reason for our kidnap had been bad feeling between Britain and Iran , and knowing that , before the Rushdie affair at least , fences had been mended , it was hard to believe now that it had all been a mirage . |
| 5 | What had she got to lose , she seemed to be saying , now that it had come to this ? |
| 6 | The Trees had crossed half of the floor now and the nearest one — Fenella could see now that it had been a Larch , elegant and slender — was already inching its way across the slimy black pool of the Melanisms , creating a kind of bridge . |
| 7 | She 'd been waiting for this moment for so long , and all she could do , now that it had finally arrived , was think the worst of him , instead of simply being happy to see him again . |
| 8 | It was standard procedure for such conglomerates to collect contemporary art , now that it had been recognized that such art was plentiful , reasonably affordable , and able to yield substantial returns . |
| 9 | It was something that she would never have thought possible and now that it had actually happened , now that she knew she was n't dreaming , she wanted it to last . |
| 10 | She had been right in her assumption about the photograph — she was sure now that it had been taken at one of those supper parties , and without prior warning . |
| 11 | Now that it had disaffiliated it recognized the necessity of strengthening this co-operation . |
| 12 | Tears stung her eyes as she heard his anger and she turned away , rubbing a hand over her eyes to wipe them away , but it seemed impossible to stop the flow now that it had begun . |
| 13 | Only now that it had happened it was n't in the least funny . |
| 14 | Deal or no mysterious deal , now that it had been established that he had not tracked her down all she wanted was for him to go . |
| 15 | Remorse , dissatisfaction and hope filled his mind as the heat of a glorious midsummer approached , and his yearning for a means to channel his abundant intellectual and emotional energy was greater now than it had ever been . |
| 16 | This was not because of the enemy fire , which was less frequent now than it had ever been , for evidently the sepoys had decided to bide their time until the end of the rains . |
| 17 | When Scarlet attempted to disagree , albeit feebly , Constance cited the scandals in the City and pointed out that the gap between the highest- and the lowest-paid was greater now than it had been since the nineteenth century . |
| 18 | The only thing that was any dearer to him now than it had been when he started was his picture of the murdered woman . |
| 19 | He 'd had a couple of sessions with his union rep and had been told not to worry , it was just a way of filling some quota ; if anything , his job was probably more secure now than it had been before . |
| 20 | Faced with losses of £1,500,000 a week , chairman Nick Schele said the company would have closed by now if it had not been taken over by Ford . |
| 21 | ‘ Sir , ’ he said to the court , ‘ I would be a dead man by now if it had not been for this gentleman . ’ |
| 22 | Now if it had been opposite and hypotenuse which one would you have used ? |
| 23 | Now if it had been a 12-inch … |
| 24 | Now if it had been Viola that had died … |
| 25 | Now if it had been a 12-inch … |
| 26 | Now if it had been the north side it would have been a straight line . |
| 27 | The petal was faded now but it had once been bright pink . |
| 28 | A small paragraph from a newspaper was overlooked by me until now because it had been made even smaller in photocopying . |
| 29 | It was a fortnight now since it had started with such a hullabaloo , but there had been no raids , and no bombs had been dropped ; the sirens went and people made for the shelters , but more and more half-heartedly , as days passed and nothing exciting happened . |
| 30 | Pieper said it was not in SCO 's best interest to announce it was going to SVR4 now since it had no product and the admission would kill its business . |