Example sentences of "now i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Now I bet if you looked at it statistically … ’
2 I had for too long been conscious only of my own concerns , but now I became aware that those around me were troubled and at odds .
3 Now I became the second edition .
4 But now I feared I was getting too old for romantic friendships .
5 ‘ Once I dealt with every newspaper and broadcasting medium in the country , ’ he says , ‘ now I walk in fear of the Hartlepool Mail , or what The Northern Echo will make of me . ’
6 I have , in effect , been his wife for nine years , and now I wish to be his wife in truth .
7 Now I wish the window was n't open .
8 But now I wish you were alive .
9 At last the wind turned the ship towards me and now I cut all the way through the rope .
10 " Now I put it to you , to your sense of fair play : would you have handled these Reds very gently ?
11 of course , now I put a lot of my .
12 Now I had to be on my guard against AIDS and the Devil .
13 Now I had the blues and playing it was suddenly all so easy
14 Now I had a new mission in life — to ensure that every tinker caravan in Ireland contained a picture of a donkey dancing while a devil played the fiddle .
15 Now I had to reach the shopping centre and meet Ray Coary the manager , who would find me accommodation .
16 ‘ Until now I had no-one to tell things to and that 's almost as much fun as learning them . ’
17 Now I had always supposed I had travelled very little , restricted as I am by my responsibilities in the house , but of course , over time , one does make various excursions for one professional reason or another , and it would seem I have become much more acquainted with those neighbouring districts than I had realized .
18 One person might say : ‘ I am a workaholic , because I realize now I had to win points to get the approval I craved from my parents . ’
19 Now I had the hang of it , I racked up a handful of top to bottoms with plenty of vertical .
20 Now I had to start thinking in world terms , for those Championships were coming in 1987 .
21 I had set a fashion but now I had to keep ahead of it , had to keep people wondering what I would wear next .
22 But now I had something to say .
23 Now I had never before tried to regress anyone to a time when they were under the influence of anaesthetic , but I decided to do so on this occasion .
24 But now I had come face to face with her four days after she stood before the House of Commons and declared that there were too many hospital beds in London , and that as a result , St Bartholomew 's Hospital , along with numerous others great and small , would have to close , merge or become emasculated .
25 The turbine had arrived from the works , and also the alternator , which by now I had learned was merely another name for a generator , though of a fancier kind as it made AC whereas a generator made only DC .
26 But there was still no sign of the elusive owl , and now I had another quest , too .
27 Now I had the difficulty of how to collect the owl .
28 Now I had a pair who were not from the same parents and who seemed fairly suited .
29 By now I had a long list of prospective release sites and sound experience behind me , so things went pretty much according to plan .
30 By now I had a baby sister Clare , and it was something that happened to her which helped to shape my destiny and provided the first step on my road to Koraloona .
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