Example sentences of "was [not/n't] [conj] after " in BNC.
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1 | Although the French Grand Prix was revived in 1912 , it was not till after the war that it developed rapidly . |
2 | The Royal family are country people , their interests and off-duty activities are all to do with the countryside , and the Prince always had a good knowledge of its workings ; but it was not until after he became chairman of the steering committee for Wales that he discovered the danger it was in . |
3 | It was not until after the accession of ‘ Bloody Mary ’ that Cornish church bells were to ring out in short-lived jubilation . |
4 | Beckmann was a latecomer to modernism ; it was not until after the First World War that he turned noticeably to the sharply outlined Expressionism that came to typify his work . |
5 | More significant , it was not until after it ended that she began to possess permanent representatives of her own in the major capitals of Europe . |
6 | The two had a son , Neville , and it was not until after the war years that she was in a position to resume her golfing career . |
7 | Thus it was not until after the Second World War that governments seriously embarked upon the task of introducing legislation to control monopoly . |
8 | However , it was not until after the Second World War that immigration from the West Indies began to reach significant numbers . |
9 | After James II 's death , and during the reign of Anne , Jacobites usually claimed that James Francis Stuart was the rightful heir to the throne , who should succeed his sister : it was not until after the Hanoverian succession that we find him being hailed as James III . |
10 | In fact , it was n't until after we were married I knew he wanted to go out with me ’ ) , as she is the Yanks ( ‘ American tourists talk so loudly so they can be heard above their clothes ’ ) . |
11 | Ever since I started consultancy work in politics , I 'd been pushing for the use of this simple invention — a British one — but it was n't until after President Reagan used it in his address to the Houses of Parliament that our politicians felt it was worthy of notice . |
12 | It was n't until after he had gone to bed that Willie asked about the room . |
13 | It was n't until after she had spoken that she realised how violently she had reacted , and it shook her . |
14 | It was n't until after she 'd left that she 'd noticed his name on the football reports . |