Example sentences of "now it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , as now , we had a car fitted with the optional Laycock overdrive , operating on third and top ; then as now it emphasised the low-speed/high-gear flexibility but did show up a big gap between second and third — a gap of over 30mph in maxima . |
| 2 | Also , despite what had occurred in the past between them , SHe needed Cab so badly now it hurt more than the bruises in hir belly . |
| 3 | Now it came back twice as strong at the thought of losing her . |
| 4 | The hospital and all that went with it had been such an oasis in the alarming wilderness of doing everything for , and chiefly by , myself ; now it came to the point of leaving it , I was scared . |
| 5 | But now it came back to me . |
| 6 | Now it came to the point , however , he sensed a reluctance within himself to confront any member of this self-important establishment on his own ground , far less his own terms . |
| 7 | For three whole days she 'd blanked out the memory of that kiss they 'd shared , but now it came flooding back with a vengeance , hot and strong and so seductively real that she could have wept for shame . |
| 8 | Irena loved the fragrance , and Bella used to like it as a child , but now it filled her nostrils with the smoky smell of decay , of things drying up and dying . |
| 9 | Previously it had been the sound she 'd longed to hear , but now it filled her heart with music in a minor key , for it was a sound like the drip of tears . |
| 10 | And now it stilled Creggan , and it brought silence to the other eagle . |
| 11 | Now it seemed to come and go on the wind . |
| 12 | But now it seemed as natural as the confluence of two rivers and needed no words at all . |
| 13 | Now it seemed that today would be the same . |
| 14 | Fear often played tricks with my perception and now it seemed as if I was losing my grip of reality . |
| 15 | Now it seemed to have difficulty in moving at all . |
| 16 | Now it seemed to us that freedom from disease was more likely related to the weak growth of the trees in the forest . |
| 17 | Now it seemed like a relief to be talking , a novelty , a test of wit . |
| 18 | This morning she had been told that she was ill-mannered ; now it seemed she was not fit to be a lady ! |
| 19 | I had regarded the English language almost as my own private possession , something which was mine by right , and now it seemed that I was going to have to fight to hang on to it , as I was having to fight for everything else . |
| 20 | They had met just three months ago , yet now it seemed that the whole of her life had been crammed into those few fleeting weeks ; as if her living had had no meaning before they met and her future would have no substance if ever he left her . |
| 21 | And now it seemed they were n't , because nothing was happening . |
| 22 | They had supposed the threat of Naggaroth all but extinguished , but now it seemed that the Dark Elves had merely been rebuilding their strength . |
| 23 | This vision she had adopted , cultivated , and now it seemed her own , although she would never have conceived of it herself . |
| 24 | Now it seemed like the only thing that would make Christmas tolerable . |
| 25 | I would n't have omitted him three hours before , but now it seemed I must face up to the situation as it was without him . |
| 26 | Now it seemed as if they were postponed indefinitely . |
| 27 | Now it seemed merely friendly . |
| 28 | He had never employed a girl before or since and now it seemed to Lyn that Dadda had hand-picked her for Stephen without the knowledge of either of them . |
| 29 | The kids had been sent to her mother 's house , and now it seemed that they had a new surrogate father . |
| 30 | Now it seemed as if this ‘ law of parallelism ’ could be extended to the whole history of life on earth . |