Example sentences of "he now [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Previously he had been engaged in making a geological map of Devon and he now continued this work in an official capacity . |
| 2 | He now had all the older boys working for him . |
| 3 | Returning towards the island he saw five Ju88s heading out to sea and although he now had little ammunition left , attacked and thought that he had managed to damage one . |
| 4 | Apart from predictable duties , like that of sitting through a performance of The Family Reunion ( a play for which he now had little affection ) , he was asked to crown the Swedish snow queen at the winter festival : he told Robert Giroux that he had hoped this might be combined with the Nobel ceremony itself , so that he could wear ice-skates with his tails . |
| 5 | Wee Rory , he had said — he had shocked her with his knowledge of the name — was connected to the terror men , he now had concrete evidence . |
| 6 | Although the main thing was that he now had clear proof that she was alive , he could see a lot more work ahead before he found her , if he ever found her . |
| 7 | Gregson had called immediately and Houghton had explained about the fingerprints and how he was sure he now had positive identification of at least one of the bodies . |
| 8 | He now meets fellow international John Evans , while Mervyn King plays Mick Langley . |
| 9 | He says that he always shunned help from neighbours , but he hopes he now gets other help . |
| 10 | He now weighs twenty nine pounds … week old lambs would normally turn the scales at around fifteen pounds . |
| 11 | Benjamin 's stomach seemed to have caught up with his memories for he now looked white-faced and confessed he felt queasy . |
| 12 | And he now fears other landlords will be put off taking DSS guests if they do not get paid . |
| 13 | These works mark the beginning of a new maturity in Mozart 's style , both in scoring ( he now made full use of the range of instruments and good players available in Vienna ) and in scope . |
| 14 | His obsession with wiping surfaces had passed and he now spent much of the time sticking little stones to the wall instead . |
| 15 | Because of a mild affection for a tart he now seemed unable even to make love to , he was going to confront a man he knew to be a murderer with copies of the photographs for which a man had been killed . |
| 16 | A feeling he now seemed annoyed about , eager to negate . |
| 17 | He knows nothing of Brigitte Bardot 's visit but confirms that President Bourguiba used to stay at our hotel , though he now spends two months every year at the Sahara Palace . |
| 18 | He now spends most of his time in Northern Kenya , where the Moran ( tribesmen ) still cling to tradition , just . |
| 19 | Franco , previously associated with nationalist ideas at odds with the free-market neo-liberal views of Collor , stated that he now accepted economic liberalization in principle . |
| 20 | He now owns five Rolls-Royces. a 20 000 acre hone and cattle ranch ( the largest in Virginia ) , and a white-brick colonial mansion with twin gun-towers . |
| 21 | ‘ Ricky Scaggs very much believes in our guitars and he now owns two . |
| 22 | They seem to have borne fruit , since he now owns three properties , four scooters and two buses there , all acquired within the last 15 years . |
| 23 | He now warns any potential franchisee to listen to the people who know : ‘ Talk to as many franchisees as you can ; do n't just listen to the franchisor 's side of the story , ’ he says . |
| 24 | His aim is to make ACT number one supplier for the international finance sector , and although he admits he could n't have said such a thing three years ago without being laughed at , he now feels confident that it is a realisable goal . |
| 25 | His parent did not force him to attend and he now feels this might have brought scorn from other members of the community . |
| 26 | He was often away in the West Riding , where he now owned several woollen mills which had been the basis of his father 's fortune . |
| 27 | I can well believe that when he now catches this distinctive smell when passing Indian or Pakistani restaurants a nausea returns to him — it is , so to speak , the cuisine of shame . |
| 28 | In Germany , the pre-eminent centre of Europe 's intellectual life , he could not only learn the language , but engage in the study of philosophy and religion which he now felt certain was his true vocation . |
| 29 | Having made the decision he now felt elated again . |
| 30 | Jean-Paul hesitated ; he had never reciprocated his mother 's old affection for him , and he now felt positive dislike . |