Example sentences of "but it was now [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Her head had swung round but it was now bowed again .
2 No one denied the importance of these factors , but it was now felt that others would have to be included .
3 But it was now beginning to have the desired effect , as the newcomers started to participate .
4 The text of Lumen Gentium had been more or less left alone , but it was now prefixed by an ‘ Explanatory Note ’ ( Nota praevia ) which , it was clear when Archbishop Felici communicated it formally to the Council two days later , had come from Pope Paul himself .
5 Then it had covered about two hundred and fifty acres , but it was now reduced to less than twenty .
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