Example sentences of "to now " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wanted to put her arm around her , hug her , what the hell had super-brat been up to now ? |
| 2 | Autism is a very profound cognitive deficit indeed , and everything that I have said up to now entails that a person whose thinking significantly lacks an holistic character , and lacks the related qualities of directedness , inhibition and co-ordination , will be profoundly affected . |
| 3 | Rektum will spend the money on reassembling their career in a less pressurised climate : up to now their recordings have only been available on bootleg cassettes , while their live performances have taken place exclusively underground . |
| 4 | This example might seem unrealistically pessimistic , as a new band may feel confident of being able to record and release their album in just a few months , with money from sales and royalties quickly starting to now in . |
| 5 | From that day to now , thirteen years , I have n't had any peace . |
| 6 | She looks a bit different to now . |
| 7 | Up to now they have been well looked after by the Pakistan government and established in villages of 50,000 to 60,000 people . |
| 8 | The OFT found no evidence that Bupa has abused its buying power up to now , but felt that allowing the takeover could increase the risk of abuse . |
| 9 | The Government up to now has ruled out direct compensation for the 1,200 haemophiliacs , 200 of whom are children . |
| 10 | Up to now Romanians have rationalised their predicament in different ways . |
| 11 | THINKING on economic reform in Eastern Europe has , up to now , drawn heavily on experience from the third world . |
| 12 | The first theologian I want to introduce you to now is a second-century Christian called Irenaeus . |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose I should have said up to now , ’ Mark replied disarmingly . |
| 14 | Or perhaps he had heard rumours of my goings-on , and had come personally to find out ‘ what Kirkup 's up to now ’ — the traditional BC phrase wherever they have the misfortune to discover my presence . |
| 15 | ‘ Willoughby , you 've given us a brief outline of a frankly hap-hazard sort of life up to now . |
| 16 | ‘ Not much evidence of it up to now . |
| 17 | What 's he up to now ? |
| 18 | ‘ This is all very interestin' , ’ said the Mayor , ‘ but I ca n't say one way or t' other , it 'll have to be discussed in council and there 's yon bridge to be seen to now . |
| 19 | She spoke of the pain in her hands , neighbours who had passed on , and twice asked Mungo what school he was going to now . |
| 20 | Up to now he had been constantly aware of its dark presence , encircling the village , but nobody had ever suggested that he should enter it . |
| 21 | In the last reports they were able to compile , in April 1940 , Sopade observers were still noting that ‘ many prefer to keep Hitler than to envisage what could come after a defeat ’ , that fear of chaos and revolution still predominated among the bourgeoisie , but that ‘ there is no doubt that up to now the majority of the people is still convinced of Germany 's victory ’ . |
| 22 | Above all , there was disappointment at Hitler 's remarks that he had made full provision for the coming winter — the logical conclusion being drawn ‘ that the struggle in the east , in contrast to the hopes entertained up to now by the overwhelming majority of the population , can not be ended before the next winter ’ . |
| 23 | This was concealed up to now by a few intuitive master strokes , the lucky results of risks that were in themselves unjustified , and the short-comings of our enemies . |
| 24 | ‘ The most worrying aspect of the whole thing ’ , it concluded , ‘ is probably that most people 's comrades , even those who up to now have believed unwaveringly , have lost faith in the Führer . ’ |
| 25 | She ‘ knew ’ that she would not be returning ; no-one had ever seen her fridge in need of care and they were n't going to now . |
| 26 | But it is clear that if , as we have said , death from suicide is relatively common in Britain and most funeral services take place within the Christian context , then it would seem that the church needs to look at this whole subject again with a great deal more openness than has been possible up to now . |
| 27 | ‘ What Are the Royals Up To Now ? ’ changed abruptly to ‘ Will Soccer Violence Spread to Gaelic Football ? ’ as he turned a mental page . |
| 28 | Yes , I did many things which I have either forgotten or ca n't find time to return to now . |
| 29 | I 'm really a workaholic and it is what I am used to now . ’ |
| 30 | She explains : ‘ There is n't really much time to rest or socialise , I 'm really a workaholic and it is what I am used to now . |