Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [was/were] now [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that more than 70,000 men were now concentrated on the western flank of Madrid ( compared to 14,000 deployed in October ) bore witness to Nationalist determination to take the capital . |
| 2 | With the rise of Lloyd George to become prime minister in 1916 Britain was now ruled by the ‘ Jewalition ’ . |
| 3 | Only five of the 282 exiles were now barred from Taiwan , according to Interior Minister Wu Po-hsiung . |
| 4 | This caused some concern to all present as the top two positions were now held by Scots . |
| 5 | If , as the provost pointed out , two watchmen were now required at Inverkeithing , how should Cunnan have a place and Cunningham 's friend be left essentially unemployed ? |
| 6 | He had been stripped and measured , and two tailors were now working on the clothes . |
| 7 | The result was that four travellers were now sitting in the airport terminal waiting for the next flight , which was probably full anyway . |
| 8 | Noticing that the two women were now looking at her , Robyn smiled and said , ‘ It 's Robyn with a ‘ y ’ actually . ’ |