Example sentences of "so [adj] now [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is not so light-hearted now as he used to be — too much responsibility . |
| 2 | At the start of chapter 16 we are reminded of it again , and things seem so hopeless now that Sarah urges Abraham to have a child by her Egyptian maid , Hagar . |
| 3 | Her voice was so dry now that sometimes Kit fancied he heard her when he could not , in the scraping of the boughs of trees , the footfalls in the dusty earth . |
| 4 | Auntie Ethel 's old school friend , Elaine , not so popular now that she was Rich and Successful . |
| 5 | They are still the most glamorous club in Britain , but our confidence is so high now that we could take them apart . |
| 6 | It was irrational to be so resentful now when it was so nearly over anyway , but she was too infuriated by his failure to love her to be thinking clearly . |
| 7 | It is probably a fact that few people have ever thought about , but a fact nonetheless , that nights are not so dark now as they used to be . |
| 8 | All the trees , so large now as to enclose this garden , excluding the sight of other houses , so that but for the complex of railway lines it might have been in the country , were in late summer leaf . |
| 9 | She was so tense now that her muscles were beginning to quiver . |
| 10 | Be so good now as to march these miscreants to Mutton House . |
| 11 | I mean they work out so regular now that er |
| 12 | But I 'm not so sure now if it 's possible . ’ |
| 13 | The catalogues produced by manufacturers and distributors of water pumps are so complex now that they can become difficult territory for the uninitiated , so advice should be sought from all quarters . |
| 14 | It 's been so long now that I see the title as my right . ’ |
| 15 | I gagged and glanced at the two bald-pated twins : they did n't seem so terrible now but rather pathetic . |
| 16 | Nights when ops were on were not so hectic now that the boys did not have the long runs to Berlin and Nuremburg , just specific targets in France and western Germany . |
| 17 | I 'm so ashamed now but I joined in , screaming and ranting , making things a thousand times worse . |
| 18 | The rain was so heavy now that he was unable to see the expression on her face . |
| 19 | The revenue is so desperate now because of this change in banks and building societies have left people not knowing what the situation is , and er there are millions , I 'm , I 'm not exaggerating there are twelve million , over two million pounds is being spent by the revenue on a new tax-back advert , sorry I did exaggerate , the idea is to remind about ten million people on all , on low income , that they could claim back tax which has been deducted from taxed savings . |
| 20 | The fears that had driven him to race frantically out to the Lock seemed so ridiculous now that he could not help making a joke out of them , and himself . |
| 21 | But there were also some very happy and amusing times , and I 'm so thankful now that we had the experience . ’ |
| 22 | But I am so worried now that I really would say , okay I 'll discuss it with Zain but let's not wait until the committee meeting , next committee meeting , let's do it as soon as we can . |
| 23 | I 've now rinsed that in there so it 's so dilute now that when I pour it away hardly a trace of it there . |
| 24 | ‘ The market is so bad now that it wo n't get any worse , at least in the South , ’ said Richard Roberts , an economist with Barclays Bank . |
| 25 | The fog is so bad now that you could n't possibly find your way . |
| 26 | It 's not so bad now because tap 's working again . |