Example sentences of "until he [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Her glance flew after him , watching as he shouldered past the clutching fingers of the palms until he disappeared through the far door . |
2 | After reading the signpost , the user moves off in the direction of his choice until he arrives at the next crossroads . |
3 | He first became an MP in 1841 as member for Newark and , apart from a break between 1847 and 1850 , he remained in the Commons until he succeeded as the seventh Duke of Rutland in 1888 . |
4 | Ian pressed on down the passage , down two steps , until he came to the small wooden door in the fabric . |
5 | He ran on until he came to the tall reeds . |
6 | Martin walked carefully along a narrow path that would tortuously between ancient graves and heavy , ornate tombstones until he came to the first of the family plots . |
7 | Charlie ignored the order and crawled quickly forward until he came to the prostrate body of his friend . |
8 | But instead of releasing it he began to kiss each finger in turn until he came to the pale circle on the third finger of her left hand . |
9 | He walked silently along the thickly carpeted floor until he came to the last cubicle . |
10 | He was educated privately at home , and never knew there were other deaf people in the world until he came across the manual alphabet in one of the publications he was reading , and out of curiosity mastered it . |
11 | In Skipp [ 1975 ] Crim LR 114 ( CA ) , the accused was not guilty of theft of two loads of oranges and one of onions until he deviated from the correct route . |
12 | He grabbed his passport but did n't open it until he got to the Hungarian border . |
13 | The passage in which they walked had changed its nature gradually , and Harry had not noticed it until he stumbled in the broken formations of the flooring where all had been smoothly levelled before . |
14 | Like everyone else on holiday , he thought he had ‘ got away from it all ’ for a few days until he arrived at the famous White Horse Inn and was confronted by … fellow Fellow ( ! ) |
15 | He brushed aside new-bursting buds that slapped at his face , until he stood by the rust-eaten iron gates , watching the hearse accelerate down the road . |