Example sentences of "[noun sg] now [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concentration now had to be aimed at the means of transporting the aircraft from the field to the carrier in Glasgow . |
| 2 | Tensions submerged in the earlier campaign now came to the fore and led more and more to a coercive policy of sexual regulation , especially of working-class prostitutes . |
| 3 | Really serious attention now had to be given to the reconstruction or replacement of the Company 's rolling stock and although the ex-Croydon cars were in better condition than their own , it was decided to rebuild the J type cars on the Sutton route and not to commission any more ex-Croydon cars for service . |
| 4 | His once quiet , undemanding ease now felt to her a lack of response , a rejecting casual indifference . |
| 5 | This the court now held to be a valid return , although a general one , and , since it did not disclose on its face any irregularity or wrongful cause , it precluded the intervention of the courts . |
| 6 | That self now needed to be discovered — but where ? |
| 7 | When the antenna now clipped to the rain-gutter above the passenger-door heard the blip emitted from the D/F transmitter in Quinn 's attaché case , a line would race out from the glowing dot to the perimeter of the screen . |
| 8 | With permission granted to operate a service out of Britain , Virgin now looked to America for permission from the American regulatory bodies , the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Federal Aviation Authority , to fly into that country . |
| 9 | The growing complexity of the tasks undertaken by the schools produced a new emphasis on careers guidance and upon counselling , for both of which staffing provision now had to be made . |
| 10 | Chappell & Co. now appealed to the House of Lords . |
| 11 | The previously unthinkable prospect of a non-academic career now began to be thought — with fear , dismay and bewilderment on Robyn 's part . |
| 12 | The government 's main concern now seemed to be stifling dissent before it became intractable . |
| 13 | Although the very thought of court action had brought him out in a cold sweat , the same grittiness which had enabled his father to jump ship and seek a new life now came to his rescue . |
| 14 | The only excitement in her life now seemed to be the exchange of clothes for hats by Mrs Bretton-Fawcett . |
| 15 | His voice now came to her , saying , ‘ Look , I 'll take what you 've got . |
| 16 | Public sexuality now belonged to the young , and where they led , the rest of society was to be trained to follow . |
| 17 | Some little groups were going off to west and east , but most hung on with a sense that the next thing now demanded to be done . |
| 18 | INVESTMENT in safety has scaled new heights at Courtaulds Chemicals in the UK with a massive 6,000 man days per year now devoted to training . |
| 19 | The World Bank in its annual report stated that total developing-country debt now amounted to approximately US$1,341,000 million , or 6.3 per cent more than the $1,260,000 million recorded in 1989 . |
| 20 | What had originated as a spontaneous civilian outburst now began to be depicted in the international media as a revolt by Iraq 's majority Shia community , most of whom lived in the southern part of the country . |
| 21 | The French now took to flying in concentrated , though loosely controlled , groups . |
| 22 | A glance at the map on p. xii will show that the enlarged Aquitaine which the English had to defend had very long frontiers , vulnerable to small mobile forces which the French now used to excellent effect . |