Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the now [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he went back to bed and slid in beside the now silent , still figure of Emily , and nursed his throbbing right wrist with his left hand and imagined himself as one of those recumbent stone knights you sometimes see in churches , stretched out with arms crossed at the breast , cold and grey and dead , feeling no pain . |
| 2 | He gazed down at the now peaceful face of the priest . |
| 3 | Royal Cedar , trained by John McConnochie , who has taken him over from the now retired Mercy Rimell , is another who is perfectly at home on fast ground , winning here over three and a half miles and at Newbury this season . |
| 4 | Royal Cedar , trained by John McConnochie , who has taken him over from the now retired Mercy Rimell , is another who is perfectly at home on fast ground , winning here over three and a half miles and at Newbury this season . |
| 5 | George reluctantly accepted the situation and with a mouthful of curses we drove off down the now dusty road towards the Orne . |
| 6 | He fell back at once and lay quietly on the damp earth staring up at the now empty wall as his blood soaked into and congealed darkly upon the white of his shirt . |
| 7 | She looked out of the now sparkling window and heaved a deep sigh . |
| 8 | ‘ If you 'd like to unfasten Rip van Winkle , I 'll get the buggy from the boot , ’ he offered , and together they climbed out into the now steady downpour . |
| 9 | Quiss said , and dumped the scullion 's head back into the now half-full bucket . |
| 10 | Flinging off her dressing-gown , she climbed back into the now cold bed and snuggled beneath the covers . |
| 11 | As I settled down in the straw-filled barn that I had left a few moments ago in search of food , I looked around at the now sleeping Frenchman , stretched out in the straw . |
| 12 | This suggests a reduction in nitrate leaching brought about by the now well-established practice of cultivation of winter cereals , together with less use of fertiliser in the autumn . |