Example sentences of "now [vb past] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If Aunt Emily had looked shocked before her eyes now dilated in horror . |
| 2 | Even the digression up to Cajamarca now seemed in retrospect more like an adventure than something to send shivers down the spine . |
| 3 | Thereafter I looked out of all the windows of the snug hostelry , and not finding a satisfactory view , for it now rained in earnest , and it was vain to hope to be able to sketch out of doors , I noticed a new house a short distance from the inn ( it was being prepared for a doctor ) ; was entrusted with the keys , and from one of the front windows looked out on the rainy scene depicted in the sketch of ‘ Garrynahine , Isle of Lewis . ’ |
| 4 | In our first encounter with Satan we find him within the burning lake of Hell , having fallen from such a great height to such a great depth and now engulfed in fire , licked by flames , seemingly in pain , according to Milton 's narration , yet still able to speak with an uncanny strength and courage against ‘ the potent Victor ’ ( I. 95 ) . |
| 5 | In their hands love seemed a narrow-eyed , exclusive , selfish bastard , to enjoy itself at the expense of a woman who now lay in bed in Auntie Jean 's house , her life unconsidered . |
| 6 | He proceeded down the aisle towards the fallen cross , that now lay in front of the altar , before stopping over the dead German officer and continuing until he came face to face with Tommy , who was still holding a pistol pointing straight at his heart . |
| 7 | But when you enter into them , she now saw in sorrow , the blueness evaporates . |
| 8 | He then sailed on to Dungeness where Sir John Norris 's fleet now appeared in strength . |
| 9 | A combination of these principles of assembly and dispersal now appeared in railway stations . |
| 10 | Confusion was compounded by local guidebooks and publications , the western stream being named therein as Kingsdale Beck with some justification , since it is a continuation of the stream of that name in its higher reaches ; and the Twiss/Doe/Greta now appeared in print as Dale Beck . |
| 11 | One much-remarked upon feature was the extent to which students now had in mind future career chances . |
| 12 | The sweat that had begun in anticipation of what she might encounter in the street now ran in fear of her mother 's rage ; Nunzia 's eyes had gone hard and wrinkled like black olive pips when Rosa had produced the plover , and she had clucked impatiently with her tongue when Rosa lied and said her grandfather had shot it and presented it to her . |
| 13 | He now travelled in disguise from St Malo on 18 December 1715 , to Dunkirk , from where , after a six-week wait , he was at last able to set off on a small eight-gun 200-tonner , for Scotland . |