Example sentences of "[num] [coord] it [was/were] not [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Houses and some streets appeared after 1660 but it was not until 1775 when Bedford Square was laid out that the growth of Bloomsbury began . |
| 2 | Watkins died in 1935 and it was not until the 1960s that interest in leys again fared . |
| 3 | It began to spread to other areas after 1770 but it was not until about 1830 , when roads were improving , that this relatively isolated breed was gradually developed for dray-pulling as well . |
| 4 | It proved only a partial victory for Parker who had died in 1902 and it was not until 1919 that the first Moderators or de facto bishops were inducted to ensure higher , more uniform standards and greater control from London . |
| 5 | War was declared in August 1914 but it was not until the following year that it made much of an impression on the affairs of the Union . |