Example sentences of "now took " in BNC.
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| 1 | That which had been so familiar to me and accepted almost without thinking now took on a new and almost bizzare aspect . |
| 2 | The baby which Vigo now took in his arms was perhaps six or seven months old . |
| 3 | Macmillan now took the process of integrating the Service Ministers a step further by making Duncan Sandys , his new Minister of Defence , responsible for : |
| 4 | Party members and SA men , who in 1933 had seen themselves as posing a radical , populist alternative to the conservative Reichswehr , now took a back seat and simply provided the setting for the triumphant reception of young officers of the Wehrmacht , heroes home on leave from the Front recounting tales of stirring deeds which had earned them the Ritterkreuz . |
| 5 | But what in the sixteenth century had been a highly convenient part of a wider whole , a matter of partisanship for immediate political and religious reasons , now took on an objective life of its own . |
| 6 | Political faction had become far more pervasive because the Reformation raised the temperature of Scottish politics , which now took on a focused European dimension , and because once the strong rule of James V had gone , men without the aura of royalty had to struggle with religious and political problems that they had never experienced before . |
| 7 | I had been given his address by friends in Britain and now took a taxi to his flat , a couple of miles from the hotel but still in the older part of the city of Buda . |
| 8 | The act now took the form of a double act . |
| 9 | I now took the first positive steps , although still not without considerable misgivings . |
| 10 | Elizabeth 's travels now took her to Corsica , and she almost hesitated to tell me that she found Calvi more beautiful than Greece . |
| 11 | All mixing now took place in fully enclosed machines , and faults in the process were flashed onto a ‘ mimic board ’ by the computer . |
| 12 | He now took a pair of sunglasses from his shirt pocket and pointed them at me . |
| 13 | Neither of them now took notice of Aggie 's returning to the room and seating herself down on the leather couch . |
| 14 | By late December , however , the president had , in any case , reversed his position and now took the view that rather than a tax increase a tax cut was required to stimulate the economy . |
| 15 | In his uniform and riding-boots he now took the salute in the style of Hitler or Mussolini from an open car and inspected the detachments of his uniformed men drawn up in Hyde Park or near Tower Green . |
| 16 | A second king now took up residence in the Tower of London . |
| 17 | His younger brother Fitz , who had been running on the ground , now took over Kendo 's role and chased the monkeys further , while Kendo followed on the ground , along with Macho , Ulysse , Brutus and several females . |
| 18 | Eliot 's life , for the eight years still left to him , now took on a different pattern . |
| 19 | Most Germans now took little interest in politics , becoming cynical about the authoritarian and military values of the past , and uncertain of what to put in their place . |
| 20 | Out of the seven Africans who now took over as Ministers , all except one were Cpp members : the odd man out was J.A . |
| 21 | Simon now took his only chance to measure himself against a Formula One driver . |
| 22 | The Third report of the commissioner for special areas ( England and Wales ) had provided the opportunity ; Barlow now took it . |
| 23 | He now took his son Henry Ernest [ q.v. ] , for several years his principal assistant , into partnership . |
| 24 | He now took up residence in a small house at South Bank , Regent 's Park , in order , according to one authority , to be near his medical advisers . |
| 25 | The first is an invaluable collection of popular tunes with instructions for dancing to them , which reached its eighteenth edition around 1728 ; the second contains pieces for viols and vocal rounds and catches , a peculiarly English form of musical amusement which had flourished briefly in James I 's time ( Thomas Ravenscroft 's collections Pammelia , Deuteromelia , and Melismata , 1609–11 ) , languished for forty years , and now took a very much longer lease of life . |
| 26 | Severini , who had only recently met Carrà and Russolo , now took the Italian painters on a tour of the Paris studios and galleries . |
| 27 | And they now took a new name — the Duke and Duchess of Windsor . |
| 28 | Though my brothers too enjoyed shooting , they preferred hunting , and my mother , who had hunted in Ireland before she went to Abyssinia , now took it up again . |
| 29 | Vimla now took centre-stage , while Panna grabbed an unwilling daughter-in-law and whirled her around in a waltz for a few steps . |
| 30 | The wherryman now took their boat midstream , past Dowgate , Queenshithe and the Fleet . |