Example sentences of "was now [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was now moving south-west , dazzled by the low sun . |
| 2 | The Exchequer was now demanding payment of the fines , and the duke was informed that the Earl of Mar , as Secretary of State , had secured a remission of the fine for one of his friends ; Montrose 's dependent , getting quickly to the point , inquired whether ‘ your Gr[ace] can without truble tip a wink to any of the Barrounes [ of Exchequer ] for Wattie and me ’ . |
| 3 | Black Agnes was outraged , declaring that she would never yield up Dunbar Castle to the English , despite her traitor husband , and she was now seeking help . |
| 4 | In recent years cereal production ( mainly barley ) had increased until the country was now reaching self-sufficiency . |
| 5 | Following the February letter the Group was now producing work and information needed . |
| 6 | Othon Pinheiro da Silva , and the chairman of the National Commission for Nuclear Energy ( CNEN ) , Rex Nazaré Alves , were quoted in the daily O Globo of April 9 , 1989 , as confirming that Brazil was now producing uranium enriched to 20 per cent ( regarded as the threshold of nuclear weapons technology ) . |
| 7 | She was now piling crockery on to the table . |
| 8 | The chairman , Keith Bradshaw , said the group was now breaking ground on its 45th site and that the current year had started well . |
| 9 | Mr Atkinson , who is also disabled , said his wife was now receiving medication . |
| 10 | She said a majority of women had voted Tory since they got the right to vote , but a profound shift was now taking place . |
| 11 | It was at a family gathering , though one very different from what was now taking place in Tace Way , that had first alerted Stephen to the true facts of his descent . |
| 12 | For the first years of the Whig period after The Reform Act of 1832 , the government 's financial policies had seemed successful , but a change for the worse was now taking place . |
| 13 | replied that more precise analysis was now taking place and that more information had been needed for the audit . |
| 14 | For a moment Artemis thought her godmother was going to strike her stepmother with her hunting whip , which she was now holding half-raised . |
| 15 | A dozen times a day she pictured the woman with prematurely white hair who was now holding Angel to her breast , and she ached with longing to change places with her . |
| 16 | The old King was now hurrying south and with him would come those grizzled warlords who followed like mastiffs at the royal heels . |
| 17 | ‘ I … ’ he began to say , then stopped , unaware of who exactly it was he was now pledging allegiance to . |
| 18 | The casualty was now heading south west , and the swell had built up to some 20ft . |
| 19 | He had been travelling for eight years and was now heading south towards Delhi , the capital of the Sultan of Hindustan . |
| 20 | Perhaps the woman had already met Jesus previously , had changed her immoral life , in so doing had realised that her sins had been forgiven and was now showing gratitude for this . |
| 21 | The road was now backing west towards the sea , and towards the place where I fancied we might see evidence of major geophysics at work . |
| 22 | The unequal tug of war continued , and something kept the man from actually striking Sally-Anne , although he rained blows on the woman , who was now giving vent to a low , keening moan . |
| 23 | If anything , she was relieved at the outcome –f that particular incident — Josie had been right when she 'd said that after going so far Lucy was now marking time and getting no further . |