Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] now as " in BNC.

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1 She turned now as though about to carry out her threat and went out , across the corridor and into her own room , and there , fully clothed , she dropped onto the bed and fell sidewards across the pillow .
2 She turned now as she heard footsteps coming through the store-room , and there was her father standing by her side .
3 She 'd got her voice back too late to answer , she thought now as she remembered the incident .
4 She listened now as Theodora retailed the to-ing and fro-ing of the clergy and police : the poor Dean , the remote Bishop , the worried Chief Constable , Mrs Gray .
5 And so she smiled now as she said , ‘ There it is .
6 On the door of the manor house itself was painted — it showed now as the light brightened — a large , black cross …
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