Example sentences of "until it [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when asked which tree had less , or to make one of two trees have less , children again chose the tree with more , and they added to the target tree until it had a greater amount than the other . |
| 2 | It gradually descended and changed in colour , until it became a blue-grey mist seething over the heads of the musicians , almost as if the sweat generated by their exertions was steaming in cold air above them . |
| 3 | And yet , on this fevered night … he stared at the heavy , handsome head , looked at it until it became a strange thing to him , a feeling of stone , a sight he saw from another part of the room , this unbodied head reflected more truly in the mirror than in the live skull itself … |
| 4 | This would lead to balance of payments problems , or in the event of the establishment of EMU , the progressive impoverishment of the UK until it became a poor region of the EC . |
| 5 | The beef herd proved the breed 's ability to thrive on modest feeding and to give high killing-out percentages in all age groups , and gradually the beef traits increased in importance until it became a single-purpose beef breed . |
| 6 | The fineness of the gold began a gentle decline through the tenth century to about 90 per cent , and debasement accelerated during the following century until it took a sudden nosedive in the two decades between 1071 and 1092 , falling from about 70 per cent to a mere 10 per cent . |
| 7 | Blend together and gradually add the roe alternately with about 300ml/½ pint of olive oil until it forms a thick paste . |
| 8 | Luxury sorbet with strawberry coulis Blend together strawberries with a little icing sugar in a good processor until it forms a smooth purée . |
| 9 | Increase heat until it turns a golden caramel . |
| 10 | Otto Werner , formerly of the Bundesanstalt fur Materialprüfung , Berlin , published analyses in 1970 which showed that in very general terms the amount of zinc in the brass increased with time until it reached a natural maximum of about 28 per cent . |
| 11 | On general principles relating to assignments of choses-in-action , a transfer of a debenture should be an equitable assignment only , until it becomes a legal assignment when the company receives notice of it . |
| 12 | Will my right hon. Friend undertake to withdraw all Government funding for that organisation until it sends a clear message to young people about drugs — ’ No , no , and no ’ ? |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm tired … do n't want a wash , ’ he mumbled , leaning his small sturdy figure against her , and twisting both hands into his dark hair until it made a tangled mass . |
| 14 | TAKE a piece of fish , cook for 20 minutes until it has a wood-like texture , marinate for two days in soy sauce and sesame oil , then serve . |
| 15 | Their basic proposition was that we tend to organise and simplify incoming information until it makes a satisfying pattern . |
| 16 | Glucose in dilute solution in sap-water thus passes through internal passages in the plant until it reaches a growing cell . |
| 17 | Eliot observed how he would take a word ‘ and squeeze and squeeze it until it yielded a full juice of meaning which we would never suppose any word to possess ’ . |
| 18 | To accomplish this , the spirit has to wander old cemeteries until it finds a human skull , put it on its head and then turn to the North Star . |
| 19 | If you want to use egg white , which is definitely the superior method , then separate an egg , pour the egg white into a cup and lightly beat with a fork until it resembles a thin sauce . |
| 20 | The light travels down an open tube until it hits a curved mirror at the bottom ; the rays are then sent back up the tube on to a smaller , flat mirror placed at an angle of 45 degrees , so that the rays are directed into the side of the tube , where an image is formed and magnified by an eyepiece . |
| 21 | Then a piece of garden hose can be inserted in the top until it hits a moulded shoulder inside the tube . |
| 22 | It was one of the few remaining to keep an old cinema organ until it closed a few years ago . |