Example sentences of "[prep] now it be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like now it 's quiet this side of the water , on the Wirral , very quiet . |
| 2 | By now it 's empty and there , just in front of me , shining like a polished mirror , is JJ 's brief-case , brass bits glowing like gold . |
| 3 | By now it was early afternoon and Rick ( who had been catching consistently on the corn ) and I decided we were getting peckish , so , being nominated ’ chef of the week ’ I had to sort out the dinner . |
| 4 | By now it was dark , they were obviously lost and their headlights had begun to fail . |
| 5 | It was a long hard fight , but by now it was dark and this helped us very much . |
| 6 | By now it was dark , with just two small desk lamps throwing clear-cut areas of light : one at a typist 's table halfway down the room where Maxim had finally met up with a pint of cold lager , one at the desk where Dann was listening on the telephone and sipping a small glass of neat gin . |
| 7 | And by now it was all or nothing for both teams … |
| 8 | By now it was obvious that this was in no way to be an ordinary class , but a performance . |
| 9 | By now it was clear to Coetzee 's superiors that , even in the freewheeling world of secret police work , their Section C stalwart was out of control . |