Example sentences of "now [verb] to her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lady Selvedge , she now realised to her surprise , was wearing low-heeled walking shoes , not really quite the thing with her elaborately draped velvet toque but eminently sensible . |
| 2 | Her mother announced that she was now going to her lady friend and put grandfather 's money in her bag . |
| 3 | Mrs Thatcher remains totally opposed to the idea of a ‘ third zero , ’ the elimination of short- range nuclear weapons , and believes the Soviet Union has now rallied to her view . |
| 4 | Not that Luke needed any sartorial props ; he was just naturally sensuously exciting as she had always suspected , and now knew to her cost . |
| 5 | Nothing had changed , except she could now admit to her love . |
| 6 | Now yoked to her bib , a baby crawls |
| 7 | He had been in the habit , as he left in the mornings , of saying , ‘ Well , I 'm off to work now , ’ until one day , shortly before she deserted , she had , at those words , slammed shut the door of the dishwasher with a crash that shattered a wine glass and shouted at him : she had inquired , without much originality , what he thought she did all day , whether he imagined that cooking and shopping and washing and minding the child was not work , whether he supposed that she would now retire to her bed and lie there sucking chocolate bars and examining her fingernails until he chose to return for dinner . |
| 8 | The commissioner now appeals to Her Majesty in Council . |