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 . |