Example sentences of "now [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I said to Ken that 'll be your christmas present to me in nineteen years and that 'll do me a treat cos that 's really worth it . |
| 2 | Now she left with plastic bags full of washing and returned after lunch the next day with Hugh 's shirts , Molly 's dresses and the children 's T-shirts and jeans beautifully ironed . |
| 3 | Now she said to Alexandra , ‘ Yes , Miss Alexandra , it 's all ready . |
| 4 | She had not specially noticed the heat before but now she did as droplets of sweat formed themselves on her forehead and her upper lip , as sweat in a single long drop rolled very cold and insinuating down between her breasts . |
| 5 | The image vanished , but for several minutes now she sat in shock . |
| 6 | Now we got to cursor key to go through the options . |
| 7 | Okay now we talked about things like as Tony said body language er we talked about things like er contact with the audience but what fundamentally are we doing when we stand up here ? |
| 8 | Now we spoke about Bob Smith or whoever , tell me what 's his telephone number because I 'd like to meet the guy and see what he says . |
| 9 | In the here and now we stopped without incident at White River . |
| 10 | Now they came to King Michael 's white city of Ledyen and raised their tents beneath its walls . |
| 11 | Now they slept with Timmy 's cot wedged between the partition and his bed . |
| 12 | Now they went into war , they came out of this war the were n't , there was no tip of the glory for them . |
| 13 | Now they went to work on population too . |
| 14 | er the Japanese now they went to Nissan , they only do one thing at , one thing each |
| 15 | He had never employed a girl before or since and now it seemed to Lyn that Dadda had hand-picked her for Stephen without the knowledge of either of them . |
| 16 | Now it belonged to Frankie , and while he secretly warmed himself in its folds he spared little thought for the comfort of its previous owner . |
| 17 | Isabel knew her heart had ceased beating because now it shuddered into action again , racing so fast that she began to feel faint . |
| 18 | Exactly the same thing had happened in pop music and now it happened to art — hype , control , block-buying . |
| 19 | Now it occurred to Alexei to wonder why no one had remarked on the phenomenon before now . |
| 20 | Now it tingled under fitzAlan 's touch . |
| 21 | Now he stepped in front of me . |
| 22 | Now he looked at Lord Henry . |
| 23 | Now he looked like Picasso imitating Ghandi imitating a buccaneer . |
| 24 | There had been a good many glasses and now he signalled to Midnight who came from the shadows by the far wall , bringing a bottle of port to refill the glass held out . |
| 25 | Now he worked in offices of the Gas Board , and was studying accountancy , mostly at night , though the Board gave him one day off each week to attend classes . |
| 26 | Now he danced to Kirov 's tune , without knowing the steps . |
| 27 | Baldwin had intended to resign at once if Labour got a majority and this was still his instinct , but now he retired to Chequers where on 1 June came Davidson , Eyres Monsell , Austen Chamberlain and Hoare . |
| 28 | Yuan had worked his way through the crowd and now he ducked under Tulagai 's arm . |
| 29 | Now he staggered towards Holly , making a path between the tables and benches and the backs of sitting men that flanked him on one side , and the waiting line on the other . |
| 30 | He had had a lot of practice in persuading bullies not to thump him , and now he recognized in Simon , only too well , all the signs of a violent , bullying , and unpredictable nature . |