Example sentences of "[vb past] not [vb infin] [noun sg] until [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The selection of members was a slow business and the Commission did not begin work until February 1978 . |
| 2 | The work was actually carried out in 1971–72 , although the lease did not take effect until February 1974 just two months before the old county borough ceased to exist at the time of local government reorganisation . |
| 3 | The official inaugural meeting did not take place until October when the room had been open six months , and took the form of a Tea Soiree . |
| 4 | Initially the communications between Jones and Pons were by telephone and mail ; a formal meeting did not take place until February 1989 . |
| 5 | In the same year the Ernest Ayliffe Home was ready to receive its first residents , but the official opening did not take place until June 1950 . |
| 6 | The formulation of a decision was quite distinct from its implementation , which often did not take place until months or even years later . |
| 7 | He was taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital suffering from head injuries and did not regain consciousness until Saturday . |