Example sentences of "on now " in BNC.
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| 1 | You tell me to seduce you when you 're sober , sweetheart , I 'll take a chance on now . |
| 2 | ‘ There is a war on now . |
| 3 | The race was really on now , and as the quartet came away from the third last and turned into the straight Desert Orchid suddenly had a fight on his hands — not from Ten of Spades , who had exhausted himself in drawing the grey 's sting and now fell heavily at the second last , but from Toby Tobias and Norton 's Coin . |
| 4 | The blinkers were really on now . |
| 5 | ‘ God said to me , ‘ Richie , you 're going to be late for your contest , it 's on now ’ ’ . |
| 6 | ON NOW TO A MISCELLANEOUS BATCH OF jazz titles from early this and late last year , in alphabetical artist order . |
| 7 | ‘ There 's a war on now and all of you are in enemy territory , ’ he announced to a general assembly . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's on now , ’ he crowed triumphantly . |
| 9 | So what should we spend our pocket money on now to make a fortune in 40 years ' time ? |
| 10 | THE 36th London Film Festival — on now until November 22 — offers the most interesting and comprehensive menu for years . |
| 11 | Many parents comment that their child did the complete opposite of what was asked for several months and so the parents learned to say the opposite of what they wanted , for example , ‘ I really do n't want you to put your pyjamas on now ’ , or ‘ I do n't think you can eat all of that food ’ . |
| 12 | You will not have to depend on now or never clinical demonstrations in the clinical room ; nor will you be reduced to knock-kneed terror at the prospect of a viva voce examination . |
| 13 | We get a little Federation Cup , which is on now and again , and just the final from Brighton which is broken off at the end of the second set for snooker . |
| 14 | On now to Barry Humphries ' autobiography , More Please ( Penguin ) ; Carol ( second wife of Walter ) Matthau 's memoirs Among the Porcupines ( Orion ) ; Ranulph Fiennes ' search for the city of Ubar ( the Koranic version of Sodom and Gomorrah ) , Atlantis of the Sands ( Penguin ) : A N Wilson 's Jesus ( Flamingo ) , coming at the same time as Barbara Thiering 's Jesus the Man ( Corgi ) , as they also did in hardcover ; and Miranda Seymour 's much-praised life of Ottoline Morrell ( Sceptre ) , £25 in hardcover and so welcome as a £7 or £8 paperback . |
| 15 | Finally , from its privileged vantage point to diagnose any deterioration in the national character , the National Front described its own understanding of pre-war social realities in a leaflet offering advice to schoolchildren on Now to Spot a Red Teacher ( 1977 ) : ‘ Tell the Red Teacher the poor whites during the Great Slump did n't commit muggings on defenceless old ladies . ’ |
| 16 | She had waited until this sympathetic-looking man , elderly , fatherly , was free and now she pleaded , " Can we have the gas on now , please , it is so cold … no hot water … it 's awful … " |
| 17 | Her eyebrows were on now , thin grotesque parodies above the purple lids . |
| 18 | But , Tynecastle is very much a , a second option , that we 're really quite keen on now . |
| 19 | ‘ How do you know it 's on now ? ’ she asked carefully , and Ana turned over comfortably , smiling to herself . |
| 20 | She has the black one on now , simple , one piece , high on the pelvis either side . |
| 21 | Keith has the full uniform on now . |
| 22 | There 's a film on now , ‘ a gritty piece set in a Welsh mining community ’ according to the Radio Times . |
| 23 | An ’ that means you an' Pete are on now … ’ |
| 24 | The battle , he wrote , ‘ is not one for the future but is on NOW … |
| 25 | I ahve the away top on now : - ) |
| 26 | Anyway , there are 98 people on now ( there are more names than that on the list cos some people are on twice for various reasons ) . |
| 27 | But the road they were on now was different ; it was much narrower , lined on both sides with cypresses and pines . |
| 28 | ‘ Switch the tape on now , please , before I go upstairs . ’ |
| 29 | Shall I put the pasta on now ? ’ |
| 30 | The fight is on now . |