Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] now " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that 's the way you think , then I 'd rather know now than later . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You 'd better 'oppit now or me young man might get to 'ear I 've been dilly-dallying with you . ’ |
| 3 | You 'd better know now that I 've always avoided every snare set out for me , even those hidden in lush undergrowth … ’ he caressed her hair lightly , his eyes sultry , and then looked down towards the swell of her breasts ‘ … and innocent-looking hills and valleys . ’ |
| 4 | We could all buy now could n't we ? |
| 5 | I 'd better stop now , as I have to prepare speeches & songs for this evening , and also pack for the journey to Shanghai tomorrow . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , good , but had n't you better go now ? |
| 7 | I 'd better go now . |
| 8 | When a flash of lightning lit up the sky to the south we decided we 'd better go now ! |
| 9 | I 'd better go now . ’ |
| 10 | I 'd better go now , sorry about that , but I have to go , I 'll find the gates and I 'll leave , that OK ? 'Cause I have to go now , no question about it , OK ? |
| 11 | I think we 'd better go now , is that OK ? |
| 12 | ‘ You 'd better go now . |
| 13 | ‘ You 'd better go now . ’ |
| 14 | I had better go now and pay my respects to the petty bourgeoisie . |
| 15 | You 'd better go now , we 're slowing down the traffic . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd better go now . ’ |
| 17 | You 'd better go now , I have to get Cleo 's tea . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd better go now . |
| 19 | If so , we 'd better go now , had n't we ? ’ |
| 20 | We 'd better go now otherwise in a rush . |
| 21 | Oh and they said oh well you 'd better go now |
| 22 | Perhaps I 'd better leave now . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You 'd better leave now . |
| 24 | Those of us who were there to witness his quite wretched display against Dundee United in the league in those first few months , and to hear Graeme Souness 's private condemnation of it later , can only realise now the formidable character this player is blessed with . |
| 25 | I wish that pressure in the House would prove enough , but I am realist enough to know that change — real change — will only come now if we push from every side . ’ |
| 26 | I think we 'd better get now confusing . |
| 27 | I do n't much care now whether they catch someone or not . |
| 28 | In your professional work after you have qualified , you will rarely be allowed time to do everything twice and so you had better learn now . |
| 29 | ( I had better say now that readers who identify the I of the Sonnets with Shakespeare 's own personality not only encourage that futility of speculation about the identity of a real-life ‘ Friend ’ and ‘ Dark Lady ’ which has pestered discussions of these poems for so long , and is now in the last stages of senility ; but in so doing they also destroy one of the essential principles of literary criticism in modern times , the independence of the I in lyric poetry , its existence as a persona or mask behind which the poet is free to impersonate any human situation without being identified with each or all of the mutations — often contradictory — taken on by his persona . ) |
| 30 | So er that has to just wait now until the next meeting . |