Example sentences of "[Wh det] now [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The place which now bears its name is in quite another part of town and is run by men who did n't even know Madame .
2 I derived great comfort , too , from the ‘ real ’ poetry I loved and knew by heart , and which now encapsulated my desolation .
3 She spoke rather absently for she was remembering a vase of stiff-looking artificial flowers of an unknown species , seen fleetingly in a funeral director 's window , which now overlaid her memory of the bright Kensington shops and brought her back to the reality of her life in North London .
4 According to some stock market sources , Ferranti was in talks with Daimler about the possibility of a partnership before the fraud which now threatens its future came to light .
5 Memories of the past , which now filled her mind to the exclusion of all else .
6 The most vital rule , the rule never to be broken , the rule which marks the true Arab and lifts him above the morass of intrigue and materiality which now dominates his world and indeed ours , is the rule of hospitality .
7 Leaders noted that islanders in the region had made little contribution to the problems which now threaten their way of life .
8 The modern climate , particularly the distribution of rainfall , has combined with different soils to produce the variable vegetation which now covers our landscape .
9 Her blue skirt and jacket made her eyes look like azure pools , and she had given herself extra time to wash her hair , which now framed her face with tendrils of spun gold .
10 From Moana we went down to Hokitika on the Coast , a town which now makes its living largely from the sale of bone and greenstone carving , of high quality and quite reasonable prices .
11 I considered the antique Rolex Oyster which now favoured my wrist with its collectability .
12 The beast which now tore its way from Ed Kelley 's shattered human form did n't look like a lot of laughs .
13 He also collected documents which now give us information and eye witness accounts of the artist that transform the traditional view of him .
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