Example sentences of "now [pers pn] was [v-ing] for " in BNC.

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1 Now she was leaving for good .
2 Now she was waiting for the food to reach her at the rapidly expanding camp .
3 She had already had one nervous breakdown , which was no doubt a great nuisance to everybody , and now she was heading for something worse : agoraphobia .
4 And now she was heading for us , the biro between her teeth , the light of battle glinting behind her frameless glasses .
5 And now it was looking for a graveyard .
6 Now he was appealing for the confidence of politicians , not for the confidence of the people .
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