Example sentences of "it was not [det] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 2 | ‘ No , it was n't that way at all . |
| 3 | and they have a look and then they say , Oh I 'm sure it was n't that way . |
| 4 | ‘ It is n't true , ’ she denied vehemently , ‘ it was n't that way at all ; it was just — ’ She broke off . |
| 5 | But it was n't that way at all ; it was Rob ! |
| 6 | But it was not this way from the beginning . |