Example sentences of "and now [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Aug. 6 statement was accompanied by a photograph of United States hostage Terry Anderson , kidnapped in March 1985 and now detained for longer than any other of the Westerners captive in Lebanon . |
| 2 | From there he had got into Trinity College , and now hoped for a career in the Civil Service . |
| 3 | But ten million people had died in a campaign that had begun as a summer frolic in 1914 and now ended in a shower of November rain . |
| 4 | Zany was such a settlement , located during the construction of the Ms motorway near Taunton , and now covered by the Taunton Dean Service Station . |
| 5 | The Derwent 's energy cost savings were £3,000 in the first year and now run at more that £4,000 a year . |
| 6 | The shop , established in 1934 and now run by the founder 's grandsons , is undoubtedly one of the most important delicatessens in the country , vast in its range of goods and uncompromising in its quality . |
| 7 | Anne had convinced herself that no harm would come to John , and now moved through her days in a happy dream . |
| 8 | To complete our disgruntlement , this month here in Moffat we have witnessed the boarding-up of our familiar old , tastefully-designed bronze posting box recessed under the window of the post office and now replaced by one of those monstrous red pillar-boxes , concreted into the pavement immediately in front . |
| 9 | For the first time in months , her hair had been cut and now swung in a pale honey curtain halfway down her back . |
| 10 | A postmodernist option , which we have encountered briefly in Sukenick 's fiction and now seen in Barth 's protagonists composing their story in opposition to political forces devoted to secrecy ( to a silent plot in other words ) , is developed to extraordinarily intricate lengths in the novels of Thomas Pynchon . |
| 11 | This was well captured by George Orwell who , in Coming up for air ( 1939 ) , describes the return of George Bowling , after 18 unimaginative years in insurance and marriage to the joyless Hilda , and now shaken by the fear of a future war , returns to the village of his childhood : Lower Binfield . |
| 12 | Widespread in the Pacific is Broussonetia papyrifera ( Moraceae ) , originally from Asia and now grown from China and Japan through Malesia to America , where it is naturalized : it is the basis of Polynesian tapa cloth , which is made from its bark . |
| 13 | She spread a towel out on the sand and sat down but , disappointed and now frightened at her own temerity , Liza began to panic , scarcely noticing Celia when she came staggering towards her , dragging slimy bits of seaweed or producing pebbles and shells in her small fat hand . |
| 14 | And now hooked for life |
| 15 | Capricorn Note , owned by Stuart Ray and now trained at Wimbledon by Arthur Hitch , races in a five-dog heat on Saturday and should qualify for the second round . |
| 16 | There was a current copy of the local rag lying on the chair beside him : he had read The Times and the Independent and now turned to the more microcosmic news . |
| 17 | The roses had given up their annual struggle to keep things cheerful and now hemmed in Mr Rowse 's path with thorns . |
| 18 | What you advocate is similar to the International Baccalaureat , a successful school-leaving certificate pioneered by the International School in Geneva and now accepted by reputable universities worldwide , including Britain . |
| 19 | One exception was De Chirico 's ‘ Natura morta evangelica ’ ( Evangelical still life ) , shown by Malingue , sold by the Museum of Modern Art , New York at Sotheby 's in 1988 for $5.28 million and now priced at $7.5 million . |
| 20 | After three very intensive days under the leadership of Lindsay Mitchell , ex Manager of SCOTVEC 's research project on Competency Testing and now employed by Barbara Shelborn Associates , the NDOs left the Workshop to develop their skills by writing Higher National Units in their own occupational areas . |
| 21 | Proposals for the regular assessment of pupil performance are contained in the government 's consultative document on pupil testing ( DES , 1987 ) and now incorporated into the Education Reform Bill . |
| 22 | Widely expected to have won last year 's Turner Prize , which was , in fact , awarded to Grenville Davey , Wilding is , nevertheless , enjoying a high profile , with a museum exhibition of ten sculptures from the last ten years having been organised by the Newlyn Art Gallery , where it was seen in March , and now transferred to IKON in Birmingham ( to 5 June ) . |
| 23 | They were a group of twelve , mainly Icelandic , but with two Norwegians and a Canadian , and now joined by an English cyclist who pretended , when convenient , to be Welsh , The intended route was up the south-west side of the Öræfajökull , the glacier being climbed during the night , although in June the sun only barely dips below the northern horizon at midnight . |
| 24 | Embarrassed at having seduced the daughter of a friend , and now encumbered with the threat of a far more intense relationship than he 'd bargained for ? |
| 25 | The fisheries developed off Greenland and Iceland , started by colonial investment and now protected from foreign exploitation , are helping to raise standards of living ashore . |
| 26 | She 'd win the race overall if Nuclear Electric , back down the field and now surrounded by supporters , was more than 7 hours behind . |
| 27 | When the mourners return , all passion spent , recognising the eventuality of death and now resigned to their loss , the child-like figure can be raised on high in the final Amen ( see page 46 ) . |
| 28 | Scales was the most imaginative of his inspectors ; he had started in fingerprints and now specialised in fraud cases . |
| 29 | This sale of antiquities will be marked by a collection of Egyptian pieces acquired between 1920 and 1940 and now estimated at £2 million ( $3 million ) . |
| 30 | Outcomes are of importance : eg resurgence of interest in local history and traditions ( Ness Historical Society ) ; self-help ( youth group , horticultural group ) ; revival of ancient skills ( weaving ) ; use by schools of community organisations ' productions ; political awareness stimulated by local video-tape production in Gaelic on the subject of a local Army installation ; economic developments ; publications ; pre-school developments ( educational and social , and now linked with the pilot development of Open University materials for parents ) ; linguistic awareness ; social awareness , via merging of established roles , eg parent/ teacher , community worker/fellow horticulturalist , informal/vocational education . |