Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] now [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither of them had taken the slightest notice of my movements , except that Mr Parsons was already in my empty chair , and the two of them , with Ewen Mackay 's flask of whisky now standing between them , were talking about salmon fishing . |
| 2 | Said a spokesman : ‘ There is a positive wind of change now blowing through the club . ’ |
| 3 | But with the tide of war now running against the Allies , many of the natives decided to join the winning side , just as they had in Dutch Timor the previous winter . |
| 4 | Flavia was thinking of the monstrous mass of tuberoses now reposing inside that vast refrigerator under their paper veils . |
| 5 | ‘ The new systems of machines now coming in have great power , and it is a power to change the world . |
| 6 | Chain migration on this pattern is reported for a wide variety of people now living in Britain , including those who originated in Italy , Hong Kong , the Punjab and Pakistan ( Palmer , 1977 ; Watson , 1977 ; Ballard , 1979 ; Anwar , 1985 ) . |
| 7 | He says it 'll be great relief — really good because as you can see by the column of traffic now coming through this small tiny town it 's crazy . |
| 8 | Is such a level of reliability and degree of assurance now going to be expected in the preparation and audit of annual accounts ? |
| 9 | As they showed her the house , Rose seemed to enter completely into the terrible awareness of Moran now sitting in the car chair meditatively rotating his thumbs about one another . |
| 10 | He smiled , the dulled eyes of pain now sparkling with the happiness of being alive , and I added , ‘ Go on ! |
| 11 | The earlier 1pm start to Section 1 matches has virtually ruled out schoolboy cricketers , who are also denied Touche Ross Cup selection with ties now beginning at noon . |
| 12 | With processors now running in excess of 40 MHz , the external bus is becoming a severe limitation . |
| 13 | The cottage itself was severe , a slate-roofed little building in the Cornish tradition , but its walls were covered with creepers now coming into leaf . |
| 14 | I wo n't write a word more now , but go to my work , cool down , go out , and in the evening post this letter with proofs of my regret , though not recantation , and also proofs of some joy or success I may have this afternoon in fields now rejoicing in sunshine after rain , — to delight my own sweet little one , too tolerant , too childishly submissive , not by nature , which would be weak , but by love for me , which is strength . |
| 15 | There would be a few instances where a client may come back a year later and say erm , or not nearly six months later , that thing I told you was not in fact now going to be on . |
| 16 | In Great Britain , for example , parts of the Eocene were characterised by hot , humid climates , as is shown by the resemblance of the contained fossils to forms now occurring in Malaya . |