Example sentences of "was just before the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just before the Battle of Alamein — Bletchley was providing Montgomery with vital intelligence — and , had I but known it , Leslie was , almost at that same moment , listening on the wireless to ‘ One Fine Day ’ , and suffering because he thought he would never see me again . |
| 2 | In this spirit I joined the Abortion Law Reform Association while still at school ; this was just before the passage of the 1967 Abortion Act . |
| 3 | And the second fire I had was just before the last war . |
| 4 | ‘ It was just before the fork . ’ |
| 5 | I was in a wine bar the other day and it was just before the opening of Stanstead , a few weeks before , and I met a chap in there who worked in the airport and we were just in conversation and he said , asked him what he did , and he said , ‘ I 'm basically on temporary contract preparing for the Queen coming to open the airport . ’ |