Example sentences of "[was/were] until [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Or they were until the potato failed ; turned black and rotten and stinking with corruption , so that they killed the pigs and the people got fever . |
2 | That was until the grid got into proper operation and the then they got nationalized then they they transferred back onto A C. It was to bring it into line to s to keep the town supplied through all the er cables that were were being constructed for D C. They had to bring the A C back to D C. That was converters . |
3 | Well er I was saying er we , we went to the the cottage by the Sir Robert Peel and that , that was our final headquarters , that was where we was until the Home Guard was stood down . |
4 | It made her eyes water but she stayed where she was until the saucepan was full , then tried to douse the flames . |
5 | At least , Bob was until the Surf Nazis got him . |