Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] now [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want now to consider some further aspects of " the creation of legitimacy " which most anthropologists consider to be the crucial function of any institution described as " marriage " . |
| 2 | I do not follow The Guardian 's statement about farm incomes being at their lowest for 50 years , because many farmers whom I know now have two cars , quite tidy houses and a reasonable lifestyle . |
| 3 | Today around 80% of the prints I produce now use this technique . |
| 4 | Today around 80% of the prints I produce now use this technique . |
| 5 | Having cashed the last Heart trick , I had now made six tricks , four in Hearts , one in Diamonds and one in Clubs . |
| 6 | Thanks to our twice weekly lessons , Olivia and I had now become confident enough in Hindi for the practice of it to become enjoyable rather than tiresome — if only because people were so surprised to hear any non-Indian speak even the most stumbling version of it . |
| 7 | Playing his new-found tune , he wrote , ‘ I had now travelled two hundred miles in Scotland and seen only one tree not younger than myself . ’ |
| 8 | I had now gained sufficient confidence to look around . |
| 9 | I had now used most of my silver and , despite our profits , had to draw heavily , even borrow some more from the goldsmith , Waller , in his musty old shop in Mercery . |
| 10 | I had now regained some of my little courage , drew my sword and whirled it round my head like Sir Lancelot of the Lake . |
| 11 | Peacock junior said : ‘ I 've now scored 10 this season from midfield which is very pleasing , but I 'm worried that Dad wo n't let me in the house anymore . ’ |
| 12 | I 've now done three of the five stages . |
| 13 | I 've now made single handedly cos I 'm like that single handed ! |
| 14 | I 've now noticed red patches starting to appear , a sign of deteriorating water quality , I know . |
| 15 | But I 've now taken this out tonight . |
| 16 | I have now given some more thought to the next edition of Cymru Wledig . |
| 17 | I am sorry that it has taken longer to respond to your recent telephone call than I had expected , but I have now examined all the papers relating to this matter and have re-visited Captains Road . |
| 18 | I have now received 3 letters and 1 card , and the time seems to be quite good — about 6 days in some cases . |
| 19 | The physical and mental experience had made us healthier people and proof of the excitement and joy of the trip is that I have now become one of the greatest bores on mountain biking in the Swedish Arctic . |
| 20 | I once went to the trouble of having a pair made in the finest white doeskin but fortunately I have now outgrown such extravagances in much the same way that I have outgrown the petty conversations and banal posturings of those who frequent literary gatherings or , worse , television studio canteens . |
| 21 | I have now had 20 lessons , and completed my first solo flight one evening at the beginning of March . |
| 22 | I have now had seven different healers , three at the Centre and four at home . |
| 23 | I have now supplied sufficient evidence of Agatha Christie 's erudition and remarkable range of source-material to silence the most sceptical critic of my thesis . |
| 24 | I have now approved three applications . |
| 25 | You may not believe this , but though Richard and I have now known each other for eighteen years on and off , the first time he kissed me was in the car-park last Thursday . ’ |
| 26 | I have now discussed this idea with colleagues in CPRE who have indicated their interest in working jointly on this project . |
| 27 | Jean owns a shop which used to sell clothes but she has now decided that given the location she would make more money running a restaurant at the same premises . |
| 28 | With little formal training , she has now produced several illustrated books of animal portraits . |
| 29 | You do now want forward power diverted into other types of movement by the interaction of wave with hull . |
| 30 | ‘ Of course we 're not all here , but you 've now met most of the team . ’ |