Example sentences of "[pers pn] was not [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not for some time , and after some acquaintance , that she got round to thinking that one of the most charming features of Clelia 's room was its sense of prolonged nursery associations . |
| 2 | She was so absorbed that it was not for some time that she realized that the sea on her left was no longer the water of the estuary but had become the ocean . |
| 3 | The reason was that it was not at that time ascertained that those materials were definitely to be used . |
| 4 | It was not until some time later that the drawings were found to have been stolen . |
| 5 | There was always plenty of activity here , and so much so , that it was not until some time had elapsed , that a rumbling from above brought the GC to his attention . |
| 6 | It was not until some time around the 18th century that it was firmly back where it is now . |