Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] until " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the experience of this Spirit must wait for the disciples until after the death and resurrection of the man filled with the Spirit . |
| 2 | All went well for the outing until at one particularly reverent moment , the young son of the party stood on his seat and inquired with a loud voice : ‘ Dad , where are all the hypocrites ? ’ |
| 3 | The acting coxswain persevered , his crew , lifelines secured , out on deck scouring the sea for the divers until they spotted them , close to a creel buoy . |
| 4 | Gilman employed ‘ scientific ’ experiments described by him as follows : ‘ The observer , an intelligent man with good eyesight , and well accustomed to museums and their contents , was instructed to answer the questions with the least possible exertion and to hold the position he needed to assume for the purpose until he could be photographed . ’ |
| 5 | Small amounts of food must be left for the birds until they learn to fend for themselves . |
| 6 | She continued to work as Reporter for the Islands until she was locked out of her office and suspended by the Chief Executive in March 1990 . |
| 7 | The worker trades ( or substitutes ) one for the other until he or she is satisfied with the mix . |
| 8 | Of course if such an appeal is in effect a way of jettisoning the unexplained clause and opening the door to an explanation in terms of some other theory — say , a theory of relations — then it may turn out in the end to have been a step forward , but no credit can be claimed for the step until a reasonably clear , comprehensive , and persuasive account of the alternative theory has been presented . |
| 9 | Councillors have suspended plans for the hostel until a meeting can be held . |
| 10 | Of all the contenders Armiger is certainly best placed to impress , as he is already a Group One winner and was among the favourites for the Derby until injury forced him out of the Epsom showpiece . |
| 11 | Staff at the centre say they 'll care for the animals until they 're strong enough to be returned to the wild . |
| 12 | I knew a family of five devoted daughters — all married — who took it in turns , when their father died , to stay with their widowed mother night and day , on a rota basis , for the years until she died , because they knew that she would not want to leave her own home . |
| 13 | You must not look for the book until you reach the shelf carrying its class number . |
| 14 | As explained in the previous article , sales are worthwhile for the group until the price drops to £70 , as the group as a whole makes a contribution . |
| 15 | From the roof of the banqueting hall he could see that the river , which had been almost dry until now , had swollen greatly , it continued to rise during the night until by the following morning it had submerged the melon beds . |
| 16 | Early in the nineteenth century the Devon was shipped to Tasmania and was exported to mainland Australia at intervals during the century until health restrictions put an end to imports . |
| 17 | When Mary I married Philip of Spain she decreed they ruled England jointly , and for the next few years until Elizabeth came to the throne the following strange convention was adopted for recording their regnal years : On 17 March 1649 the monarchy was abolished and during the period until parliamentary government was overtaken by the Restoration , English official documents were dated by the year of grace . |
| 18 | The white blood cell transfusions had to be given twice before conception , then several times during the pregnancy until it was safely established at around four months . |
| 19 | In the end the partner bought at a knock-down price , without naming himself as the buyer until the offer had been accepted . |
| 20 | Big role : ‘ I do n't care if I 'm known as The She-Devil until my dying day ’ |
| 21 | He ducked low and scuttled across the open space between the door and the first row of desks , hoping Spatz would n't catch a glimpse of him , then ran along the corridor between the desks until he came to the end . |
| 22 | Mr Taylor , of Preston , who had both insurance and his mortgage with Cheshire Building Society , had forgotten about the cover until he received a letter from the society 11 months after his early retirement . |
| 23 | On the other hand a diary entry such as ‘ ring X ’ is effective and if the entry is some way in the future it may be necessary to amplify with a trigger of the form ‘ ring X re Y ’ and to have easily accessible some factual data such as the X telephone number and some data re Y. In a different context a car driver will develop a strategy to ensure that he does not run out of petrol , he may rely on a light which appears when the tank is nearly empty or he may calculate from his expected travelling that he need not concern himself about the issue until at least the next weekend , or he may programme himself to react to the fact that he is approaching a particular garage . |
| 24 | And I did n't know about the drugs until the Customs launch stopped us in the bay . |
| 25 | In 1985 Tipperary County Manager John McGinley told a Magill reporter that the County Council did not find out about the lake until after this five-year period had elapsed . |
| 26 | ‘ To be honest I 'd forgotten about the money until Jim Boyce reminded me , ’ said manager Frankie Parks after the 4–0 win . |
| 27 | Set it and you can forget about the meal until the buzzer lets you know it 's ready and to keep all those pots and pans there 's even a large storage compartment which has been specially contoured with smooth rounded corners to make cleaning easier . |
| 28 | Macca said in his column , that nobody knew about the deal until it was all but completed and said he was sure everyone at Leeds and the supporters would wish him great success at Blackburn . |
| 29 | This sort of evidence leads me to the conclusion that the continents , rather than sailing about the earth until they met in catastrophic collisions , separated and came together again repeatedly along the same general lines . |
| 30 | She did not , however , conduct any multi-disciplinary case conferences about the children until after they had been returned to their homes . |