Example sentences of "he now [verb] [det] " 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 | His obsession with wiping surfaces had passed and he now spent much of the time sticking little stones to the wall instead . |
| 6 | He now spends most of his time in Northern Kenya , where the Moran ( tribesmen ) still cling to tradition , just . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | His parent did not force him to attend and he now feels this might have brought scorn from other members of the community . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I knew he now realized this was serious , but I was not sure I had got through to him how serious . |
| 12 | He now has some movement in his arms and shoulder which Doctors say is encouraging . |
| 13 | He now has less than a month to ‘ re-engage ’ the negotiations before the United States imposes a savage and crippling 200pc trade tariff on £200m of imported European goods . |
| 14 | IN THE unlikely event that Stephen Hargrave , youthful former chairman of Pathfinders Group , does not get on with his new boss Hugo Biermann — who recently reversed into the company — he now has another venture to concentrate on . |
| 15 | Malekith had been shown the secret trade routes of the Dwarfs during his period as Bel Shanaar 's ambassador , and he now used that knowledge to his own benefit . |
| 16 | He now watched both men rise simultaneously to their feet , and it was James Holden who , turning to his partner , said almost in a whisper , ‘ Her … her allowance ? ’ |
| 17 | How on earth does he now reconcile that statement with the fact that he has ignored submissions from wherever they may have come , be it consultants or pensioners , GPs or the disabled , the elected district or regional councillors or Members of Parliament ? |