Example sentences of "now [vb past] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Safely buried , Osiris now arose from the grave to train his son Horus for the punishment of Seth . |
| 2 | His self defence , and I now read from actually only a paragraph or so earlier than my opening passage , his self defence in the reason of Church government is quite interesting erm ‘ If I hunted after praise by the ostentation of wit and learning , I should not write thus out of mine own season , when I have neither yet completed to my mind the full circle of my private studies , although I complain not of any insufficiency to the matter in hand , or were I ready to my wishes it were a folly to commit anything elaborately composed to the careless and interrupted listening of these tumultuous times . |
| 3 | Archbishop Reynolds , who had excommunicated the invaders on their arrival in England , now fled from London on horses appropriated — so it is said — from the bishop of Rochester who had to make his way to safety on foot . |
| 4 | Len now rose from the bed and began his packing , while Joe , picking up his cap , looked at him for a moment , then said , ‘ Well , be seeing you . ’ |
| 5 | A heart-breaking wail now rose from those who had not been killed outright . |
| 6 | One of these types now rose from her chair and came over to where we were sitting . |
| 7 | He now receded from the City , rarely appearing at the exchanges , even the Baltic , the scene of his most memorable deals in Russian tallow . |
| 8 | Cynthia could not speak for the sobs that now came from her throat . |
| 9 | The main threat now came from the north and west : from the Picts and their allies the Irish , with whom Aldfrith [ q.v . ] , |
| 10 | Estlin now withdrew from the BFASS , demonstrating for one last time his use as a barometer of sentiment in intra-reform relations . |
| 11 | She now turned from the pony and looked towards the side gate separated from the front gate by a hedge of trees . |
| 12 | And finally two Ayr police officers said that a shelved 1969 report showed they had picked up a man ‘ of slight build and a Glasgow accent who said his name was McGuigan or McGuinness ’ some 600 yards from the Ross bungalow in the early hours of the morning of the murder and dropped him at the bus station ; and they now declared from photographs recently shown to them that the man was William McGuinness . |
| 13 | To them , an approach to their daughter when she was still in mourning was ‘ indelicate ’ , a word he now heard from his mother . |
| 14 | Her ruined face where her eyes now stared from a distance , like a reflection of a look in a pond , not the look itself , would wrinkle up even more tightly . |
| 15 | His begging hand was still outstretched but his other hand now fell from his face so that O could see his gasping mouth labouring with the hard , near-fainting breath of extreme grief . |
| 16 | But , ’ she now smiled from one to the other , ‘ it would be an experience ; and , as Annabel told me , I 'd get one and six a week and a half day off , besides a full day every month . ’ |
| 17 | The war was eleven days old when School opened again , " as usual " , on Thursday , 14th September , the only concession to the new circumstances being a change in the hours : the morning sessions now ran from 8.50 am to 12.15 pm , the afternoon from 1.30 to 3.30 . |