Example sentences of "[noun sg] now [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But lunch now consisted of cottage cheese , salad and two crispbreads . |
| 2 | By the 24th the invaders were in Kendal and town after town now capitulated without resistance . |
| 3 | The green forest now flared with colour as the plants advertised the delights and rewards they had on offer . |
| 4 | Men who might have gone to England and earned good wages at the harvest now stayed at home and waited for relief work at one-third of those rates . |
| 5 | The feudal levy now fell into disuse : it was summoned in 1327 , and then for the last time , and probably for financial reasons , in 1385 . |
| 6 | INVESTMENT in safety has scaled new heights at Courtaulds Chemicals in the UK with a massive 6,000 man days per year now devoted to training . |
| 7 | A combination of these principles of assembly and dispersal now appeared in railway stations . |
| 8 | Confusion was compounded by local guidebooks and publications , the western stream being named therein as Kingsdale Beck with some justification , since it is a continuation of the stream of that name in its higher reaches ; and the Twiss/Doe/Greta now appeared in print as Dale Beck . |
| 9 | The sweat that had begun in anticipation of what she might encounter in the street now ran in fear of her mother 's rage ; Nunzia 's eyes had gone hard and wrinkled like black olive pips when Rosa had produced the plover , and she had clucked impatiently with her tongue when Rosa lied and said her grandfather had shot it and presented it to her . |
| 10 | He then sailed on to Dungeness where Sir John Norris 's fleet now appeared in strength . |