Example sentences of "[was/were] now [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He added that they were now calling for a fundamental review of taxation and a broadly-based training and employment programme .
2 He was now acting for the two men accused of bombing the Pan Am jumbo jet in 1988 with the loss of 270 lives .
3 So pressure was now applied for a speedy conclusion to the work .
4 Over the next two days , Harry cycled through Zutphen and Arnhem to Eindhoven , where a cafe owner gave him coffee and rolls , and a priest , who was a friend of the cafe proprietor advised Harry who was now headed for the Dutch/Belgian border .
5 Assuming the Turkey Pens had been situated at the rear of the house , he reckoned he was now heading for the outer fence somewhere off to the north side of the grounds .
6 After some long while of freelancing , Cara was now working for the superior bi-monthly magazine Verity .
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