Example sentences of "[vb past] now [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam stopped now to light a cigarette , contemptuously confident of his ability to manoeuvre and control . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I think that a horse has to be a minimum of 7/8 bred now to become a top class event horse . |
| 5 | Nothing would stop him , yet she struggled now to contain the fear that was in her , spreading like some pernicious cancer . |