Example sentences of "now and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The motto refers to a dynastic permanence ; but it could be stolen for this novel , where a ‘ now and always ’ is on show . |
| 2 | We may be meant to think that time is simultaneous , in a way that may owe something to the simultaneity propounded , ‘ perhaps ’ , in Eliot 's Four Quartets , where ‘ History is now and England ’ ; or that it is cyclical , a turning wheel , with human depravity paling into insignificance as the wheel turns into modern times . |
| 3 | But they are brought together , in successive books , by the force of this preoccupation , and the reader has to make what he can of the resemblance between two figures quite remote from one another in any coarser understanding of the matter , to do this while adjusting his sight to a vista of copycats , impostors and successive interpretations — a vista which is far from unfamiliar now and can be caught , for instance , in the productions and reproductions of contemporary literary theory . |
| 4 | Yet every now and again a student emerges who shows exceptional talent and it is quite natural that a drama school will make sure that his/her ability is given a good stretch in public with a major role , perhaps playing Hamlet or Hedda Gabler . |
| 5 | Young thinks those who are looking to save money now and buy cutlery next year will end up paying more . |
| 6 | You get on your bike and find that old lady what were in here just now and you do n't let her out of your sight . |
| 7 | ‘ There 's nothing we can do for her now and it 's House Full tonight . |
| 8 | These short filmmakers are the people who will go on to be the Jarmans , Greenaways , Jarmuschs of the Nineties ; see their work now and tell your friends you discovered them first ! |
| 9 | I 've only eight working years left now and with all my savings gone , I simply ca n't afford to work for nothing . |
| 10 | ‘ Dorothy , I think the best thing would be if you went home now and reported to me here , first thing tomorrow morning . |
| 11 | I could put all that fear behind me now and get going again . |
| 12 | You and him are finished now and there 's the end to it . ’ |
| 13 | If you have not been vaccinated already , see your doctor now and ask him to check whether you are immune to German Measles . |
| 14 | Over the years , over coffee , lunch , drinks now and then , she found out more : yes to straight , yes to married , but divorced for some fifteen years . |
| 15 | He 's doing pop videos now and making stars of the pretty , the talentless , the bizarre . |
| 16 | A good many boys and girls had joined the crowd now and shouts of laughter broke out as a few of them came out from the gate in the kitchen-garden wall , their hands full of ripe peaches , their chins dripping with juice . |
| 17 | If it looks forced , it will count for nothing. , Angus and John Stewart were restive now and young McCulloch was jeering openly . |
| 18 | jean had her arm round Donald 's waist now and from time to time she skipped , roused by the fighting spirits of the menfolk . |
| 19 | They had passed through the blackest part of the valley now and it was a relief to see a light or two at Weem , and across the invisible river at Aberfeldy . |
| 20 | But remember ’ — he had lifted an arm now and was prodding with his forefinger as though pointing to the furthest corners of the country ( he was feeling the attention of the crowd and letting it recharge his energy ) , ‘ the people are mightier than a lord . ’ |
| 21 | Normality flowed into them again , their neighbourhood was out there , friends and fellows , the animals grazing in the fields , the hens roosting in their houses , chimneys and hearths and beds , from all the steadings the people were coming now and would save them . |
| 22 | You 've had ample time to get your feet under the table by now and one or two things have come up which I 'd like you to pursue . |
| 23 | You 've been with me for a whole week now and you might just as well have been a girl , or a boy without balls . |
| 24 | As we lost height , just the two of us in a landscape of dazzling white , so Liena regained strength and interest in the day , and we would stop every now and then to sit on our rucksacks in the snow that coated the glacier and gaze in awe at the beauty of the scene . |
| 25 | He is insistent that the only students who should work at doctoral level are those of first-class ability , who are independent of mind and inner-directed , so that they can work without much supervision , apart from ‘ a standing relation with a congenial senior to whom he can go now and then for criticism and advice . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I would n't rule out the need for some extra cash for the service between now and the end of the financial year , although we have n't quite arrived at that stage yet . ’ |
| 27 | But it was a bad start for the CDU to the series of eight rounds of municipal or Land elections between now and the Bundestag elections . |
| 28 | Setting out Labour 's case for international co-operation to strengthen world security and combat environmental degradation , Mr Kinnock said : ‘ It is an argument for global citizenship — a recognition of the fact that in the world now and for the future , passive co-existence is not enough . |
| 29 | Randall , 38 , who hit more than 1,000 first-class runs for Nottinghamshire , said : ‘ I 've had a bit of cartilage trimmed off , but it feels fine now and should n't cause me any problems at all next season . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm 43 now and just peaking , ’ Halliday said , with a self-deprecatory grin . |