Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the now " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what does say about that ? says that we will keep the level of charges down in the now privately owned companies providing public utilities so there 'll be nothing for dividends . |
| 2 | So he went back to bed and slid in beside the now silent , still figure of Emily , and nursed his throbbing right wrist with his left hand and imagined himself as one of those recumbent stone knights you sometimes see in churches , stretched out with arms crossed at the breast , cold and grey and dead , feeling no pain . |
| 3 | I mean yeah somebody just retired , cos is down on the now , that 's where is . |
| 4 | He gazed down at the now peaceful face of the priest . |
| 5 | Royal Cedar , trained by John McConnochie , who has taken him over from the now retired Mercy Rimell , is another who is perfectly at home on fast ground , winning here over three and a half miles and at Newbury this season . |
| 6 | Royal Cedar , trained by John McConnochie , who has taken him over from the now retired Mercy Rimell , is another who is perfectly at home on fast ground , winning here over three and a half miles and at Newbury this season . |
| 7 | George reluctantly accepted the situation and with a mouthful of curses we drove off down the now dusty road towards the Orne . |
| 8 | One important global issue can be summed up in the now widely used expression ‘ limits to growth ’ . |
| 9 | A team of four assassins , made up from the now disbanded Security Police , have vowed to kill Mobuto while he 's here in America . |
| 10 | He fell back at once and lay quietly on the damp earth staring up at the now empty wall as his blood soaked into and congealed darkly upon the white of his shirt . |
| 11 | I found the whisky , let myself out of the cellar and locked it , turned all the lights out , gave Mrs McSpadden the bottle , accepted a belated new-year kiss from her , then made my way out through the kitchen and the corridor and the crowded hall where the music sounded loud and people were laughing , and out through the now almost empty entrance hall and down the steps of the castle and down the driveway and down to Gallanach , where I walked along the esplanade — occasionally having to wave or say ‘ Happy New Year ’ to various people I did n't know — until I got to the old railway pier and then the harbour , where I sat on the quayside , legs dangling , drinking my whisky and watching a couple of swans glide on black , still water , to the distant sound of highland jigs coming from the Steam Packet Hotel , and singing and happy-new-year shouts echoing in the streets of the town , and the occasional sniff as my nose watered in sympathy with my eyes . |
| 12 | She looked out of the now sparkling window and heaved a deep sigh . |
| 13 | Right , I must get some literature actually from Barry because as you know , it , it , we ca n't get it all out of the now , |
| 14 | ‘ If you 'd like to unfasten Rip van Winkle , I 'll get the buggy from the boot , ’ he offered , and together they climbed out into the now steady downpour . |
| 15 | Quiss said , and dumped the scullion 's head back into the now half-full bucket . |
| 16 | Flinging off her dressing-gown , she climbed back into the now cold bed and snuggled beneath the covers . |
| 17 | By launching the new forum Mr Heseltine is getting his own back on the now weakened Mr Lamont . |
| 18 | Will Douglas ordered Scott of Rankilburn to go back to the now blazing village , the cottage thatches burning readily , and round up a crowd of men , women and children . |
| 19 | The retinue accompanied Corbett and Ranulf out of Leith and on to the now darkening track to Winburgh.They exchanged insults with Ranulf and then turned back . |
| 20 | As I settled down in the straw-filled barn that I had left a few moments ago in search of food , I looked around at the now sleeping Frenchman , stretched out in the straw . |
| 21 | This suggests a reduction in nitrate leaching brought about by the now well-established practice of cultivation of winter cereals , together with less use of fertiliser in the autumn . |