Example sentences of "[noun] were now [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tim Haggie , of Latimer Hinks 's commercial department , said more clients were now needing specialist advice on European matters . |
| 2 | The watchers were now bellowing encouragement to each of the players in a game which had taken a new turn . |
| 3 | More changes were now taking place and further pilots were rested . |
| 4 | Our assailants were now shooting fire arrows and these were already causing havoc amongst the defenders . |
| 5 | Some of the colleges were now providing training in the marketing of these assets . |
| 6 | It was pressed upon us that local authorities were now performing law enforcement functions of their own . |
| 7 | It appeared that The Smiths thought they had given enough exposure to James and that Factory were now taking advantage of the situation . |
| 8 | Indeed both Oxford and Cambridge had become , relatively speaking , seriously understaffed over the previous decade despite the fact that at each university about 900 students were now reading English , three times as many as in 1965 . |
| 9 | of the tenanted pubs of the national brewers were now offering guest beers . |
| 10 | However David Blackmore , local representative of the Keep Sunday Special campaign , said more and more councils were now taking action against Sunday opening , including , in Essex , Colchester and Braintree . |
| 11 | Duncan Orr Ewing , an RSPB officer , recently said egg thieves were now using climbing spikes to rob nests in high trees . |