Example sentences of "was [adv] [conj] we [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only because we had the quality systems in place , okay we did n't have accreditation er at the time , but the quality systems were in place , that we were invited to tender for the Crossrail project for Rickmansworth station . |
| 2 | ‘ With ‘ Spirit Of Eden ’ it was just that we had the freedom to move into this constructive freeform style of playing , which up till then we just could n't afford to do , ’ continues Mark . |
| 3 | Our failure was not that we neglected the figures , but that we ignored the ideology … |
| 4 | It was not till we saw the captive aerostat balloon with its ever watching radar that the Americans had hoisted over Grand Bahama to probe for boats or aircraft smuggling drugs , that the Maggot again spoke , and by then he had recaptured all his old insouciance . |
| 5 | It was here that we found the official report of the operation by 22 Squadron on September 17 , 1940 , the report with which I had opened this story . |
| 6 | ‘ It was n't until we noticed the absence of female customers , the dim red lights , and the photos of naked women on the walls that we realised why the ‘ barmaids ’ were laughing at us . ’ |
| 7 | We called ourselves proudly the extremists , the vanguard , but it was n't until we read the American CLIT papers in 1973 that we knew we had a name other than men-haters . |
| 8 | It was then that we made the surprising discovery that the Sultan , " the Great Mountain " , is officially married to Loro Kidul . |