Example sentences of "for [noun] now [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Believe me , Anne , this is rotten for Sarah now but she will get better . ’ |
| 2 | The sort of questions your adviser will ask are : whether you are investing for income now or capital growth in the future ; whether you need to go for absolute security with every penny you have or whether you can afford slightly more risky investments in the hope of making more money in the long run ; what other sources of income you have , or might expect to receive . |
| 3 | Oh that 's good , cos Dempsey 'll stay in there for ages now if she pisses all over there . |
| 4 | Is there any point in trying to go away for Easter now if there 's so much going on ? |
| 5 | Conditions were better for fishing now than they 'd been all night . |
| 6 | Celia and I have been battling away for months now and we do n't seem to be getting anywhere . |
| 7 | Mr Wolski knew already that the old eagle had been ailing for months now and that three weeks ago they had finally taken her out of her cage and into the veterinary block to see if there was anything they could do for her . |
| 8 | Well I hope you enjoyed this morning now what I want to do this afternoon , we 're gon na break for lunch now and then can we reconvene at the syndicate rooms at two o'clock |
| 9 | and erm he 's doing us a favour and some round to get Patch and er he said he 'll get lots That 's all ready for Simon now and he forgot his bag . |
| 10 | Cos I mean , he 's starting to make a beeline for Carol now and she 's getting the creeps about it . |
| 11 | The new strategy , as agreed at the summit , aimed to define a role for NATO now that " the threat of a simultaneous , full-scale attack on all of NATO 's European fronts has effectively been removed … " . |
| 12 | He had n't concentrated on one thing for years now as he had when he 'd started collecting stamps at the age of nine , so careful , so worried , so never leaving anything for a minute that could be done straight away by him . |
| 13 | It had been pulling the small cart through backstreets for years now and seemed to know instinctively that it would probably be required to stop at any moment , so there was no point in hurrying . |
| 14 | Depressed production , costly for Leyland at the time , is good news for investors now because it has endowed the Stag with scarcity appeal . |
| 15 | ‘ I like to do a bit for charity now and then . ’ |
| 16 | As he headed back across the sound she began to toil up the cliff path , pausing for breath now and then as the wind battered her and tore at her hair , which soon broke free of its restraining scarf and whipped into her eyes , slowing her progress up the wet , slippery path towards the house . |
| 17 | Chief Supt Baker added : ‘ The carnival is too big for Handsworth now and there are more suitable parks , big and accessible enough to cope better than the cramped Victorian streets of Handsworth . |
| 18 | I said to Cheryl please do n't go and invite to come to yours for dinner now and because insult us cos we 're not without him cos I 'm prepared to go I look forward to that . |
| 19 | My friend Kevin , muscleman and minicab driver , says the lads would be out rioting for Willy now if it was n't tipping down with rain the whole time . |