Sentence examples for works not now from inspiring English sources

No such plan is in the works, not now anyway, for the Fire Department, which lost 343 firefighters on Sept. 11.

It doesn't work that way, not now.

So if it worked then, why not now?

That doesn't work; it won't work now.

"What worked in the early 60s certainly wouldn't work now and what works now certainly wouldn't have worked in the early 60s.

It didn't work then, it won't work now.

What worked before isn't working now.

She definitely couldn't work now – she's not fit enough.

It didn't work then, and it won't work now".

But it didn't work before and it won't work now".

It didn't work then, and it isn't working now".