Example sentences of "[pron] now [vb -s] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But 29-year-old Davey , who now lives in a lavish Florida mansion a long way from the two-up two-down terraced house he was brought up in , has no guarantees of success . |
| 2 | ‘ A tall , grizzle-haired fellow who now walks with a pronounced limp . |
| 3 | She now teaches at a local girls ' school where she finds the all-female staff ‘ extremely supportive of each other ’ . |
| 4 | His blackness he now regards as a personal stabilizer rather than a means for rejecting society . |
| 5 | He now lives in a flat a little further uptown with his Japanese girlfriend . |
| 6 | He now works as a general freelance feature writer for the Guardian , Independent on Sunday and Arena among others and has published several books including a biography of Prince . |
| 7 | My father provided Maurice with a capital sum and leased him the property he now occupies at a nominal rental . ’ |
| 8 | Liverpool SC and Renegades shared the first leg spoils at 6–6 , and it was all square again in the second leg , which means it now goes to a three frame play-off at a date to be decided by the committee . |
| 9 | The car has also become a huge hit with millions of visitors to the world-famous Universal Studios in Florida , where it now features as a popular ride based on the Spielberg films . |
| 10 | It now remains as a variable rule after /k/ before all consonants except /r/ . |
| 11 | In fact , it is so proud that it now boasts at a European level of the cheap U K labour costs and the lack of workers ' rights . |
| 12 | Next to the amphitheatre is an eleventh-century fortified tower , no doubt once part of the medieval town defences ; well maintained , it now serves as a Roman Museum . |
| 13 | The Holme Post , recording a drop of 3.9 metres since 1850 , presents an unrealistically optimistic picture of the problem , since it now stands in a damp nature reserve . |