Example sentences of "now [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mum and Mrs Quigley were now ritting on the arm of the sofa , their eyes glued to the screen , as Quigley paced around the room . |
| 2 | Ace was lounging on the sofa next to her , his shoeless feet now resting on the table next to the coffee , Kate 's glances of distaste having been completely ignored . |
| 3 | WOLSELEY , the West Midlands-based maker and supplier of bathroom furniture , drove sales up 30 per cent to £1,145 million and profits by 41 per cent to £47.6 million before tax in the six months to 31 January , and is now knocking on the door of the FT-SE 100-share Index , writes Clifford German . |
| 4 | I stood frozen to the spot unable to do anything ; I could see soldiers diving for cover ; the Frenchman who was coming towards me with a smile on his bearded face was now lying on the ground . |
| 5 | I was very curious about the other contents of the suitcase which was now lying on the floor near me . |
| 6 | But even if there had been no dust , smoke or snow , he would still have been unable to see it , because he was now lying on the floor beside the window , having fallen off his chair . |
| 7 | Helping herself , Daisy noticed he never took his eyes off the play and was now turning on the windscreen wipers to watch a dark-haired boy coax a fat roan pony down the field . |
| 8 | I smack my hypothetical forehead as the mention of holy men reminds me — what about the delicious plum now ripening on the ben Issachar family tree . |
| 9 | compared with the Minister 's adjusted figure , and that even the Association of Yorkshire and Humberside Chambers of Commerce is now calling on the Government to do something about a sinking economy ? |
| 10 | Campaigners are now calling on the government to destroy the country 's stockpile of rhino horns , estimated at between five and 10 tonnes , or the equivalent of 2,000-4,000 dead rhinos . |
| 11 | Oxfam is now calling on the United Nations to relax sanctions against Iraq to allow the import of humanitarian items such as school eqipment . |
| 12 | The League is now calling on the Government to set up an inquiry into the disposal of farm animals which fail to go through the proper slaughter-house and food production system . |
| 13 | For one thing , too much was now riding on the project . |
| 14 | Astron also carries a Russian X-ray detector , identical to one now flying on the manned Salyut 7 space station . |
| 15 | WORK IS now proceeding on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway 's 1.4 mile extension to Far Stanley , which is part of the long-term aim of re-opening the line to Cheltenham . |
| 16 | Work is now proceeding on the fields and the prehistoric and Roman background . |
| 17 | UNCED senior forestry advisor , Bernardo Zentilli , said that negotiations were now continuing on the basis of a shared declaration regarding the principles of forest protection , to be presented at the Rio summit . |
| 18 | As Wassen , the next village after Gurtnellen , is approached , it is possible to see from the road the manner in which the railway line ( now running on the opposite side of the valley from both roads ) climbs the steep " steps " in the valley floor which occasion waterfalls . |
| 19 | The three Frenchmen have just settled into the trench as I contemplated the hordes of mosquitoes that were now descending on the area . |
| 20 | The singer , who was a good-looking fair-haired boy , no more than twenty-three or four , looked pointedly at the hat , now reposing on the tiled floor . |
| 21 | He offered the umbrella to him and then followed suit , both were presently arranged , expectant and a little flushed , now standing on the far side . |
| 22 | I think feminism was something that was very necessary from , from the last generation and we 're now standing on the |
| 23 | They were n't alone ; and then the next thought was that Sandy must have come up from below and was now standing on the quay , but then that thought died as what he 'd taken for her shadow came out from under the stairway . |
| 24 | The greatest examples have been lost completely : Old S. Peter 's , built in 330 by Constantine , was replaced by the great basilica now standing on the same site , S. John in Lateran has been considerably altered . |
| 25 | Graham grinned looking over at the two Art School girls , who were now sitting on the floor on the other side of the room , talking to each other . |
| 26 | Because as she opened her eyes she could plainly see that there was nothing even remotely ghost-like about the tall , broad-shouldered figure of her husband , Ross Wyndham , now sitting on the seat beside her . |
| 27 | Laura lapsed into a glum silence , staring blindly over at the children , who were now sitting on the grass , busily trying to make daisy chains . |
| 28 | But they 're now ca , they 're now catching up they 're now putting on the label its proper name . |
| 29 | The children now embarking on the national curriculum will still be in school at the turn of the century . |
| 30 | Some further strengthening of the environmental obligation that we and the European Commission 's directives are now laying on the promoters of private Bills should be introduced by not giving a promoter the last word . |