Example sentences of "had now [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blood lead concentrations had been highest at age two , but had now fallen by over 40% . |
| 2 | Overall , when the children on the course were compared to those in the control groups , it was found that none of them had taken up smoking and some who had been using snuff before the start of the programme had now given up . |
| 3 | One fighter had been a Skinhead and had worn the appropriate ‘ gear ’ of his time but had now grown out of this kind of thing . |
| 4 | Plus what had now turned out to be a ganglion . |
| 5 | But Dr Dunstaple had now moved on to the treatment . |
| 6 | The return to normality after the Angelus hush made him feel that the all-seeing spirit which had for a while hovered doubtfully over his actions had now moved on . |
| 7 | The veal in the clingfilm had now thawed out so he consigned it to the wastebasket . |
| 8 | Leading figures in the RCM like the Marchioness of Reading , who had been born into a Jewish family , converted to Christianity and had now converted back to Judaism ; Elaine Blond , Sigmund Gestetner and Lola Hahn-Warburg quickly caught on to the message that the best chance of currying public favour was to play down the religious factor . |
| 9 | Maidstone had now stepped up to the bar beside Sandison but he still did not look to be at ease . |
| 10 | The sky had now stripped back to blue as he entered slowly and with a surge of pleasure into the cut of Buttermere . |
| 11 | Her husband had now bent down to retrieve the tongs from beneath the table . |
| 12 | He had returned from Addis Ababa two days before , apparently cured , but his throat had now flared up again and when I arrived he could hardly speak . |
| 13 | The word had now gone out — the ‘ Loony Left ’ was to be bashed for the sake of the Party . |
| 14 | Perhaps , thought Robert , he had simply been playing for time and had now come up with a credible answer . |
| 15 | Mrs Abigail , similarly affected , believed that what she 'd been dreading all day had now come about : the parents of some child had arrived at the bungalow . |
| 16 | On the day before the April 18 announcement , the President of the Serbian state presidency , Slobodan Milosevic , had declared that Serbia 's own internal affairs secretariat had now taken over from the federal authorities in administering public security in the province . |
| 17 | If only the clothes had been plainer and more suitable for the vicar 's wife of such a poor parish , ’ Sophia lamented , holding up the lame cocktail dress whose belt Faustina had now taken out into the hall . |
| 18 | Christmas Eve had now arrived along with her two grown-up children , Stephen and Carol and Carol 's husband tim . |
| 19 | The initial alarm that had swept over her in the apartment had now settled down into a tight knot of almost sick apprehension , which lay like heavy lead deep in her stomach . |
| 20 | Quigley started to pace up and down the room as the mass murderer , who had now leaped out of bed and on to the window-sill of his hospital suite , announced his intention of travelling the sixteen floors between him and the pavement without the aid of lift or stairs . |
| 21 | The leadership team had now dropped down from three to two as one of the leaders could not make the trip due to work commitments so the driving was split equally between co-leader Dave Lowe and myself . |
| 22 | As the main witness to England 's largest robbery had now passed on , the evidence against the Westons was flimsy indeed . |
| 23 | When the procession , which had now picked up a large following , reached Grassgill End the effigy was placed on a small stone area at the roadside , its clothes were drenched with paraffin and it was set alight . |
| 24 | Thomas had now got over his pique and was thoroughly caught up . |
| 25 | It all hurt , but at least she had now got back at him , and she did n't have to see his face to know he was furious . |
| 26 | But by misfortune his telescope had now wandered back again and was trained on the Cutcherry at the very moment that it exploded with a flash that burnt itself so deeply into the Collector 's brain that he reeled , as if struck in the eye by a musket ball And then there was nothing but smoke , dust , debris , and a crash which dropped a picture from the wall behind him . |
| 27 | Are we to assume then that he had now switched over from being an evangelist and was a deliberate artist in the making , out in the open for all to see ? |
| 28 | He had now knocked over a bottle of gentian violet . |