Example sentences of "[pers pn] until the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A catapult lives with you until the last moment ; it stays tensed in your hands , breathing with you , moving with you , ready to leap , ready to sing and jerk , and leaving you in that dramatic pose , arms and hands outstretched while you wait for the dark curve of the ball in its flight to find its target , that delicious thud . |
| 2 | It took them until the 100th minute of an enthralling Rumbelows Cup semi-final second leg to finally break down Spurs ' gallant resistance as former Cobh Ramblers player Keane met Gary Crosby 's corner to beat Erik Thorstvedt with a thumping header . |
| 3 | England 's first choice spinners , Emburey and Tufnell , did not take a wicket between them until the third day of the third Test . |
| 4 | Starving her until the next evening , he coaxed her with pony nuts into a stall which Raimundo used for branding and saddling bigger horses , which was so narrow she could n't turn round . |
| 5 | Oxford left it until the second half for their equaliser . |
| 6 | They were to continue to dominate it until the nineteenth century . |
| 7 | Manager Joe Royle said : ‘ We will leave it until the last minute to give him every chance . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Could n't bear to part with it until the last minute . ’ |
| 9 | And if you leave it until the last minute , so what ? |
| 10 | Only we I do n't , I do n't know about you but I do n't want to leave it until the last minute |
| 11 | Sometimes there might be the temptation to leave it until the next day if the weather is bad or your car will not start . |
| 12 | Take it from the liquid , sprinkle it with oil , press it between two plates and leave it until the next day . |
| 13 | Yeah , well if that 's alright , only as being that 's the , what I call the end of month , like I 've got to pay all of the bills and they must get it until the next , the end of the month |
| 14 | He did n't catch us until the last peak , Creag nan Damh , where a number of ridge-walkers were gathered , basking in the delight of the afternoon and resting on their laurels after a mammoth expedition . |