Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] now [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All eyes opened now to stare , and indeed the pages of the book were turning back , slowly , hesitantly , lingering erect only to slide onward , sometimes a single leaf , sometimes a stronger breath riffling several over together , almost as though fingers lifted and guided them , even fluttered them past in haste . |
| 2 | Throughout their journey they had felt little of the uneasy fear that smells danger behind every bush but despite the weariness that dulled their senses these half-seen forms of rock among the trees seemed now to imply a threatening human presence . |
| 3 | In the Thatcher era , the nation 's leaders seemed now to reflect the ‘ enterprise ’ outlook of finance , banking , and credit rather than that of traditional manufacturing or other industries . |
| 4 | The long skeletal head and ghostly hands seemed now to belong to a bad dream . |
| 5 | The issue now was seen not just in terms of provision of new housing or the simple eradication of the slums as a technical exercise ; housing likes and dislikes had now to inform town planning of preferences in provision . |