Example sentences of "[pers pn] now [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ in a frenzy of remorse ] O , how heartily I now despise all my former pursuits and headstrong appetites . |
| 2 | ‘ I now perceive many advantages in our present complex system of representation , which formerly eluded my observation ’ Letter to James Losh , 1821 . |
| 3 | You have presented me with the key , and I now perceive all of its hitherto latent beauties . ’ |
| 4 | Being another only child , and as my father 's job had kept my parents in Singapore for the last two years , I now spent most of my holidays with my aunt and cousin , timing them to come in Dickie 's school holidays . |
| 5 | You see if I now pack those clubs like that you 've got an ace of clubs , yeah , so sometimes when there 's a deal coming off you might draw |
| 6 | I tell you what we 'll do , we 'll have a joint farewell party I Now take that look off your faces , Mr Misery and Miss Gloom , and go and collect the eggs for me , will you ? |
| 7 | I now thank that friend who first put the direct question to me and made me make the decision . |
| 8 | I now put that information as a leading question . |
| 9 | I now present three arguments to persuade you that it is indeed correct . |
| 10 | I now introduce another of Axelrod 's evocative technical terms . |
| 11 | But I now saw other opportunities . |
| 12 | I now weigh 13 stone . |
| 13 | I now felt fresh , gay , attractive , and very , very feminine . |
| 14 | I now keep all appliance handbooks and registration cards filed away so that I can diagnose faults in , say , the food mixer , without incurring expensive servicing . |
| 15 | ‘ What we have to do , ’ said Samuel , taking advantage of her exit from the ring , ‘ and I take it no one objects if I now chair this committee , ’ he added off-handedly , ‘ is to decide whether the Week of the Lion should continue or be cancelled . ’ |
| 16 | I told him I now knew many things I did n't know before . |
| 17 | I now know that was wrong . ’ |
| 18 | I also said that erm my I expressed that the fears that I expressed at this meeting last time about er the fact that Paul and I now supervise civilian staff , er which I 've never been sat down and told what the civilians term of contract are and what I can or can not say or whatever , so erm I feel it will be quite valuable , and brought it for me to see if anybody think it 's worthwhile pursuing . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , I now had 120 people , 116 women and 4 men , who had followed the diet for a full eight-week period . |
| 20 | I now had two sets of parents . |
| 21 | She looked me up and down and adjusted my tie an inch or so ( I 'd gone for green silk and I now had two ties ) , then said : |
| 22 | Journalistically , I now had more status in the little Gazette office . |
| 23 | To help I now had three rucsacs on my back . |
| 24 | I now realise this would have been a mistake . |
| 25 | As a mother of adolescents myself , I now find this combination of intolerance and inaction extraordinary , although it would seem to confirm Selvini Palazzoli 's point that the parents in anorexics ' families are both unwilling to assume leadership . |
| 26 | You see , I now handle all international affairs . |
| 27 | I now call composite motion twenty two . |
| 28 | I now call composite motion twelve to move by London Region , Liverpool Region to second and colleagues it would be helpful if the movers and the seconders of all the other motions would come down to the front . |
| 29 | A further bonus , as I now live alone and do my own catering , is that Sturmer is an excellent cooker . |
| 30 | I now weighed seven stone , the lowest figure I had yet attained . |