Example sentences of "now [pron] had been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I had been hanging back , attempting to develop some strategy . |
| 2 | But it was impossible to tell now who had been speaking or even to be sure at which of the small crowded tables the speaker sat . |
| 3 | For the past five days now she had been living somewhere on cloud nine , and had decided that she might just as well set up home there , as it was such a wonderful place to be . |
| 4 | Until now he had been using one loaned to him by Christian . |
| 5 | For several weeks now he had been chipping away at this problem of finding Elsie , slowly nagging it into submission . |