Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] until [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The promised War Risk Compensation Scheme did not appear until 19 February 1915 and their Lordships seemed to have forgotten altogether that under the Merchant Shipping Act the moment a ship became a total wreck , from whatever cause , the wages of its crew ceased to be paid , leaving both sailors and their dependents in " an unenviable position " . |
| 2 | The period is 27 years , and the eclipse lasts for a long time ; the last began on 22 July 1982 and did not end until 25 June 1984 , though it was total only for a year ( January 1983 to January 1984 ) . |
| 3 | Allitt was off-duty and did not return until 3 April when there was ‘ an odd incident ’ , said Mr Goldring . |
| 4 | Actual railway operations , however , did not begin until 5 January 1904 , when a special train left Oswestry for the ceremony which took place at Porthywaen Station . |
| 5 | For some reason 17E did not follow until 12 June 1935 and 19E presumably some time in 1937 . |
| 6 | The difficulty is that the Earl of Orford , who did not die until 5 December 1791 , was named George , while his uncle who succeeded him as fourth Earl was named Horatio , although he disliked this name , and called himself Horace Walpole instead . |
| 7 | But that still left Edward IV 's second son , Richard duke of York , who was in sanctuary with his mother and did not emerge until 16 June . |
| 8 | But that still left Edward IV 's second son , Richard duke of York , who was in sanctuary with his mother and did not emerge until 16 June . |
| 9 | Most of Norfolk seemed to consist of holiday towns , geared for tourists , and the tourist season did n't start until late May . |