Example sentences of "but now [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By day the alleys that ran into a scruffy hinterland were rat-hole rubbish traps but now they seemed romantic lanes where lovers might meet under the bracket lamps and as the sun departed , watch the moon ride over a Grimms ' fairy tale huddle of pinnacled rooftops . |
| 2 | The several sects of Dissenters are glad to be rid of Popery also ; but now they expect glorious days for themselves " . |
| 3 | Thirty years ago , rubbing a cut clove of garlic round the salad bowl was considered daring , but now we import 4,572 tonnes of the stuff , mainly from Italy , Spain and France , and as well as its wide ranging culinary uses there is increasing interest in its medicinal powers . |
| 4 | Later she would agonise over all the might have beens , but now she had other things on her mind , things that would n't wait . |
| 5 | But now he has other plans : ‘ I used to think I was a female in a male body . |