Example sentences of "but now [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " 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 | And on the front page they say : ‘ We did n't want to share our sorrow but now we have good news to tell . ’ |
| 5 | But now we have good news to tell that we 're going to have a baby some time in December or January . ’ |
| 6 | But now we have good news to tell . ’ |
| 7 | But now we have good news to tell . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But now she denied that memory . |
| 10 | But now it seemed this Adam Burns was determined to dredge up her other life all over again . |
| 11 | Manchester at first lost out very badly on rail investment , but now it has some compensation in the Windsor Link and is going ahead with an advanced tram system that will take over a number of heavy rail routes . |
| 12 | But now he has other plans : ‘ I used to think I was a female in a male body . |
| 13 | But now I slept this morning on the settee . |
| 14 | But now I want another challenge . ’ |
| 15 | I still have my good and bad days , but now I have another choice . |