Example sentences of "but now [pron] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But now we want them all shared out so instead of saying one remainder two we writ it like this now .
2 Robin-Anne had been staring at the dark sea , but now she turned her big eyes back to me .
3 At first it had been like being spied on , but now she forgot them most of the time , except when she wanted to do something she should n't .
4 The Phnom Penh government has been fighting the Khmers Rouges for more than a decade , but now it needs its old enemy .
5 Kynaston had fulfilled his promise , but now he applied his diagnostic skills to the unrepining dead , whose eyes could n't implore him to offer hope , whose mouths could no longer cry out .
6 He had heard that Newgate was a hell-hole but now he experienced it first hand and understood why some prisoners went quickly insane .
7 But now he wants our young men , so he is gracious .
8 And at first this beast had made a low girning , growling sound , but now he hushed his threatening , and waved his tail slowly , and the little grey man said , ‘ Otto is of the opinion that you are honest .
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