Example sentences of "[noun sg] now [vb past] [prep] [noun] " 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 | With permission granted to operate a service out of Britain , Virgin now looked to America for permission from the American regulatory bodies , the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Federal Aviation Authority , to fly into that country . |
| 5 | His one hope now lay with Philip and he went to visit him in Paris , the traditional move for all discontented sons of Henry Ii . |
| 6 | Average annual household disposable income now stood at £18,251 compared with £9,201 in 1982 , a growth in real terms of 16 per cent . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | His sister , he explained , had married a Tongan , and the couple now lived in Mainz : not perhaps the most attractive of men , he had been invited out to stay among the substantial ladies of the islands to see if he , too , could forge any links . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A combination of these principles of assembly and dispersal now appeared in railway stations . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He then sailed on to Dungeness where Sir John Norris 's fleet now appeared in strength . |