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

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1 But now it dances to a different tune .
2 She 'd lied about it out of pique , but now it seemed to be turning to her advantage .
3 His voice had roughened , growing harsher with every word , but now it dropped to a flat monotone .
4 The speed of the train in Queen Victoria 's time was , by her own wish , kept down to about 36 miles an hour , but now it travels at the line speed .
5 She had recovered her figure after the birth of both her children very quickly , but now it looked as if she was four months pregnant .
6 But now it looked as if her job might have taken a different turn .
7 A cattle market used to be held in the square but now it serves as a the town 's chief car park .
8 The US and Japan pretty much have the microprocessor design business to themselves , but now it looks as if Taiwan 's government-backed Computer & Communication Research Laboratories is trying to get in on the act .
9 So all , as I say erm , never used to be able to die with asthma there was but very few , but now it seems to be more common because people are not going for help when they need it .
10 gentleman came to this house it seemed to be that he challenged the establishment and many of us welcomes that view it seemed to give a breath of fresh air , but now it seems to me that he 's become entirely institutionalised , can he explain that to the house ?
11 Hitherto the product was reliant on a third-party database , both to store user data and user data dictionaries and objects , but now it comes with Watcom 's SQL Database ; an addition that will appeal to a small number of customers who want to build stand-alone applications .
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