Example sentences of "[verb] until a few " in BNC.

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1 He continued to work until a few years ago and from then on passed much of his time in London .
2 The pixels can be enlarged until a few of them fill the screen and detailed manipulation can be done .
3 The date of an election is now known until a few weeks before the event , when the prime minister recommends a dissolution of Parliament to the Queen .
4 Their proposal will not be finalised until a few days before the F&S meeting on 5th March , but seems likely to be for a 9% pay increase ( the lower figure of price inflation and the average national wage increase ) , with no reduction in differentials .
5 The towpath proper did n't start until a few yards further down where it angled away from the road and followed the river ; here it was marked by a narrow strip of waterside grass and trees that would immediately raise the cost of any overlooking property by at least ten thousand .
6 The Clintons ' marital problems , they say , began then and lasted until a few years ago .
7 The accident occurred late on Tuesday or early on Wednesday but was not discovered until a few survivors emerged and bodies began floating ashore .
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