Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] now [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were by now about 50 machines installed in Edinburgh book-houses . |
| 2 | They were by now in Piccadilly Circus , which was as bright as day , and were surrounded by the crowds streaming from the theatres , cafés and dives which populated the area , painted ladies of a certain character being prominent among them — as well as the enthusiastic amateurs who had come up from the East End to make a few pennies , or even be given supper , as a price for their favours . |
| 3 | It is clear from the Chronicle account that the English were by now in considerable disarray and incapable of offering serious resistance , so it is hardly surprising that when Swegen arrived with his son Cnut and a further army in 1013 the whole nation submitted to him , and Æthelred went into exile with his brother-in-law , Duke Richard II of Normandy . |
| 4 | The first was from now for ten years . |
| 5 | Mr Murray , who was by now in great form , talked his way adroitly around this one and almost — but not quite — persuaded our gathering that it was a special privilege to hear well-spoken French . |
| 6 | It was a great blow to them , but Elizabeth was by now in her mid-thirties and there had been no hint of a pregnancy since her miscarriage in the early months of marriage . |
| 7 | Although she was by now in her late thirties , she recognised the same symptoms as in her previous pregnancy . |
| 8 | The child ( 14 ) : Ishmael was by now in fact about 16 . |
| 9 | Mr Broadhurst was by now in the habit of picking me up from Varndean Grammar on Wednesday afternoons , accompanying me to Pool Valley , and then on home by bus . |
| 10 | Sally-Anne was by now in full flow , and when she paused for breath Dr Neil said , as drily as he could , ‘ I will only say to you what I told you on the day when you arrived here : it is useless to take the world 's burdens on your shoulders . |
| 11 | JE : And Peter was by now in the company ? |
| 12 | It was by now after two , and I had to get the album to the crematorium by five . |