Example sentences of "in the [noun] until " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the success of his model and his prediction of Hubble 's observations , Friedmann 's work remained largely unknown in the West until similar models were discovered in 1935 by the American physicist Howard Robertson and the British mathematician Arthur Walker , in response to Hubble 's discovery of the uniform expansion of the universe . |
| 2 | She did n't realise that Guy Sterne had joined her in the sitting-room until he spoke from behind her chair . |
| 3 | Throughout the talks the Rev. Ian Paisley , the leader of the Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP ) , had continued to insist that the Irish government could not be involved in the talks until new political arrangements had emerged to the satisfaction of the principal constitutional parties in the province . |
| 4 | This defect was ingeniously got over by developing a hardener which could be painted by itself on to one half of the joint while the glue was painted on the other half , nothing began to happen in the glue until the two halves were brought together . |
| 5 | Put it in the microwave until its bill withers . |
| 6 | And I 'll go in the suit until we reach the ambush point . |
| 7 | African rivers run underground for part of the year so the villagers would often have to dig in the sand until water seeped through . |
| 8 | It is said he had to put up with a sofa in the corridor until his identity was revealed . |
| 9 | He was going to wait in the corridor until Kopyion came out , and he would confront him . |
| 10 | You would have thought Magnus 's mother would have been nice to me but I bet Father had already telephoned and told her lies about me , because she made me wait in the hall until Nanny came to collect me in a taxicab . |
| 11 | They stayed only minutes , most of them , pressing her hand and uttering the easy ritual phrases of sympathy and then departing , leaving their cards in the hall until the salver seemed endlessly overflowing . |
| 12 | She knew now who it was and stood waiting in the hall until Greg joined her . |
| 13 | Victorians disregarded , or perhaps frequented , child prostitutes in the Strand until re-sensitised to the evil by a reformist campaign . |
| 14 | A more remarkable exception since he was not self-employed , was a Scots miner who worked in the pit until he was 75 , ‘ six days a week … |
| 15 | Never stay in the sun until your skin goes red — the damage has already been done . |
| 16 | Refers to rugs left in the sun until their colours are bleached to more mellow shades . |
| 17 | In contrast , I was like my father , and I darkened rapidly in the sun until I was nearly the shade of terracotta . |
| 18 | The day was saved by the Government 's willingness for the House to meet , exceptionally , in the mornings until the Committee Stage of the Bill had been completed . |
| 19 | Sift the flour into a bowl and rub in the fat until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs . |
| 20 | 1 Sift the flour and salt into a bowl and rub in the fat until it resembles fine breadcrumbs . |
| 21 | He opened a few drawers in the dresser until he saw what he 'd expected to find — half a dozen packets of tights . |
| 22 | Cable & Wireless Plc says it does not accept those claims made against it by its local partners in Digitel Telecommunications Philippines Inc ( CI No 2,171 ) and will defend against the allegations : ‘ We have received no official notification of this claim and we do not accept the validity of the allegations as we understand them from the press , and would expect to defend our position robustly , ’ it said ; Reuter reports from Manila that the local Cable & Wireless office says that it advised the company last September that it could not invest further in the country until a court case involving another local affiliate , Eastern Telecommunications Philippines Inc , was resolved — Eastern is locked in a legal battle with Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co and appealing a Supreme Court order denying it the right to operate an international gateway ; an industry source said Digitel is tapping another major local partner and British Telecommunications Plc as new shareholders in the company . |
| 23 | The other 132 were senior state employees responsible for the management of public funds , who were required to remain in the country until a routine administrative review was performed by government auditors . |
| 24 | You stayed at home and helped in the home until you were old enough . |
| 25 | Within three weeks they die , having laid the eggs of the next generation which will be in the soil until the time comes to repeat the cycle . |
| 26 | I came over it below the farmhouse and hugged the side wall like I 've seen them do in the movies until I could peer round into the farmyard . |
| 27 | Well as I say , I had , I do n't , I have n't really had any involvement really with talking to people about their experience of living in the flats until people knew that they were going to be moved out eventually . |
| 28 | Afterwards Stella waited in the passage until she heard Meredith coming downstairs . |
| 29 | He had waited wordlessly in the kitchen until the daughter of the house had been soothed and put to bed . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll wait in the kitchen until it 's daylight , and then I 'll leave . |