Example sentences of "a [noun] was now [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half way across the field to the ditch where a jeep was now straining at a rope attached to the emerging car , the Substitute lit on a possible solution . |
| 2 | A boom was now built across the River Foyle which connected it , via Lough Foyle , with the open sea , and the 30,000 citizens began a long ordeal by privation and disease , in which many thousands died , while enemy bombs plunged down upon the town . |
| 3 | This last piece of information was passed on to Harry Dunstaple , whose skill as a gunner was now celebrated throughout the enclave . |
| 4 | A start was now made in painting the company 's trams and buses in the UndergrounD Group 's red and white livery . |
| 5 | A Gate was now fixed at the entrance to the garden , which as a rule was kept locked — a necessary precaution . |