Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] until " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went through everyday life merely marking time until I could leave Ireland for Britain to become the real me . |
| 2 | Slowly they worked their way up the wide and gently rising river-valley until they were black sticks bent against their baskets of provisions . |
| 3 | I kept just killing time until it had gone eleven o'clock and all the cinema-goers had gone in for the late shows , at which point I decided to call it a day . |
| 4 | Process , gradually adding water until a ball of dough forms . |
| 5 | He half closed his eyes , deliberately losing focus until the sea was a vast grey void . |
| 6 | This is a split in two by the prominent crack of Scylla ( VS 4c ) — a fine , ever steepening line until a traverse left avoids the obvious direct finish ( E2 5c ) : one of only four lines on the crag to have used aid on the first ascent . |
| 7 | The men lay more quietly ; some , not a doubt of it , still alive , some even lying mort until it should be safe to rise and go . |
| 8 | They are secure in their roles and the young are generally simply marking time until they step into the marriage shoes waiting for them . |
| 9 | He does not notice the noiseless , fast moving car until it is too late … |