Example sentences of "now [pers pn] [vb -s] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now she plans a celebration with her husband and two sons before thinking about going back to work . |
| 2 | But no : she has hung around the DHSS while clerks forgot her like she was goods in the stockroom , and now she has a chit that says they 'll pay her lodging at the boarding house . |
| 3 | The country of Boaz becomes her country , she is no longer a foreigner here now she has a right to stay because of Boaz And we are citizens of a new country , of a new kingdom . |
| 4 | Now she wants a divorce . |
| 5 | I used to love the letters page but now it gets a bit bogged down in one debate — make it a bit longer and keep the ‘ one-off ’ letters/comments . |
| 6 | Now it takes a matter of seconds . ’ |
| 7 | Now it seems a lot more are going to the dealers . |
| 8 | Previously it 's been just a blank sheet of printing paper shut up in a lightproof envelope ; now it has a function , an image , a certainty . |
| 9 | Entire focus on the second person is elsewhere a mark of affection and respect : now it throws a spotlight on the Friend 's degradation , isolated so that we can ‘ mark ’ it better . |
| 10 | Now he reads a newspaper on this tawdry three-piece suite — oh , it 's not tawdry , it 's — dreck ! — second-rate . |
| 11 | As a child he was a train spotter ; now he owns a class 25 diesel that is active on a line not far from his home in Merseyside . |
| 12 | Now he makes a point of keeping in touch with his local branch . |
| 13 | Now he has a fortnight to worry about whether that incident has cost him a place on either of England 's two winter tours . |
| 14 | And now he has a quest . |
| 15 | Now he has a home . |
| 16 | Now he has a training programme for the week-end to try to build up stamina . ’ |
| 17 | Now he has a team more of his own making rather than inherited from his fearsome predecessor , Lady Thatcher . |
| 18 | PIECES OF EIGHT : Lewis lands his eighth Olympic gold medal — now he wants a showdown with Christie |
| 19 | Birch has seen contemporaries Ken Doherty and James Wattana come of age this season and now he wants a slice of their action . |
| 20 | Now he realises a sugar lump will make him feel better so he does n't mind . |