Example sentences of "until it [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The noise swelled until it had the jarring monotony of traffic . |
| 2 | Stravinsky had started composing Les Noces before 1913 and often played it toDiaghilev , gradually simplifying his ideas until it became the present cantata for voices , four pianos and percussion . |
| 3 | Like a forest fire , it started from the individual and grew outwards until it enveloped the whole area of monastic patrons and friends and dependants . |
| 4 | The low vaulted roof stretched for some forty feet until it met the blank wall at the far end . |
| 5 | Duregar 's army moved steadily southwards until it reached the eastern entrance to Death Pass . |
| 6 | Montgomery sipped his coffee appreciatively and allowed his gaze to wander round the cool green room until it reached the languid man draped in the chair opposite . |
| 7 | The final alignment began at Haifa Bay , passed overland through the Jezreel and Bet Shean Valleys , and followed the Jordan Rift Valley southwards until it reached the northern shore of the Dead Sea . |
| 8 | Until it opened the only fun was stealing cars , fighting and smashing things up . |