Example sentences of "but that [was/were] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it was right opposite the pub now , but that was all fields then were n't it ? |
| 2 | The counterpane had once been pink , but that was many layers of grey ago . |
| 3 | At the time of the building of Calder Hall , back in the 1950s , there were military implications — but that was many Moons ago . ) |
| 4 | She lived in a small house near ours and seemed very old to me ; but that was many years ago . |
| 5 | In fact , although he accepted the commission , Mozart never completed all the pieces , later confessing that he could n't stand the flute ( but that was many years before The Magic Flute ) . |
| 6 | But that was many years ago when they were still juveniles and one day she disappeared and none of the eagles there has since had the full power of a Callanish eagle . |
| 7 | ‘ Indeed — in Silmour Street , but that was several years ago , as I think you were about to tell me ? ’ |