Example sentences of "but that be many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The counterpane had once been pink , but that was many layers of grey ago . |
2 | At the time of the building of Calder Hall , back in the 1950s , there were military implications — but that was many Moons ago . ) |
3 | She lived in a small house near ours and seemed very old to me ; but that was many years ago . |
4 | 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 ) . |
5 | 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 . |