Example sentences of "now [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The floor , laid down between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , is now largely roped off from the thousands of tourists who visit the basilica each month . |
| 2 | But it is very lately that the truly magnificent taste in gardening has flourished in these northern parts of Europe , for although in King Charles the Second 's reign there was great spirit amongst the nobility and gentry of England for planting and gardening , which spirit was greatly heighten 'd in King William 's reign , during which time most of the large gardens of England were laid out and planted , yet we find the taste at that time extended little farther than to small pieces of box-wood , finish 'd parterres and clipp 'd greens , all of which are now generally banished out of the gardens of the most polite persons of this age , who justly prefer the more extended rural designs of gardens which approach the nearest to nature . |
| 3 | Billy , who was now contentedly stretched out in the sidecar with his eyes closed , was suddenly thrown hard against the right hand side of the aluminium box . |
| 4 | The socalled ‘ heritage ’ industry brought large numbers of foreign and other tourists to old centres of attraction like country houses ( now increasingly taken over by the National Trust ) , towns like Stratford , York , or Bath , and also to monuments of industrial or other archaeology . |
| 5 | The Centre 's resources are now fully taken up with the activities described above . |