Example sentences of "until she [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clarissa did n't intend to be drawn into any trouble with Charity , so she ignored the music until she recognised the tune as something quite other than the Hörst Wessel Song . |
| 2 | It was not until she saw the colour of the light — deep warm gold — that she realised how long she must have been asleep and looked at her watch . |
| 3 | Nausea welled up in her ; she fought it down , forcing herself to concentrate on the road , to hang on until she saw the street sign Chemin de la Tourelle . |
| 4 | Wait until she saw the elbows of his pullover . |
| 5 | Elizabeth , poor Elizabeth ran into the sunlight and he stopped the car and he got out and Elizabeth ran towards the car until she saw the girl . |
| 6 | I do n't believe Mrs Goreng had known either , until she saw the jet . |
| 7 | Too frightened to brave the front of the hotel , she found the staff stairs to escape by , and she hid behind a peculiarly luscious tropical plant until she saw the porter waiting perplexedly beside the taxi she 'd ordered . |
| 8 | She ran from him , nightmare panic making her breathing and heartbeat echo down the long tree-lined path until she saw the moon shining through a stained-glass window of the garden of Eden . |
| 9 | Joy Holloway lived next door to the kennels until she persuaded the council to rehouse her . |
| 10 | Much later , when she was sure that Rose was asleep , she crawled the length and breadth of the room with fingers outstretched , feeling in every crevice , until she had the ring safe again . |
| 11 | Maggie looked at him ironically and the dark eyes were turned fully on her , inspecting her face until she had the mad urge to shut her eyes and block out the intent gaze . |
| 12 | She paced the floor , waiting until she judged the rooms would be full of people . |
| 13 | She padded around until she located the kitchen . |
| 14 | There should be complete silence except that the leader should say ‘ No ’ quietly to everything she touches until she touches the chosen object when everybody shouts ‘ Yes ’ . |
| 15 | Little-known , that is , until she received the Snavely Award for Least Useful Research for her development of schools where backward quarks might learn charm . |
| 16 | Eventually , after about a week , her little head would pop up over the hill and watch me put out her food as I whistled , but she would n't come down for it until she felt the coast was clear . |
| 17 | She closed her eyes and let her fingers burrow through the tissue paper until she felt the lace of the collar . |
| 18 | He lifted and carried her the few necessary steps , until she felt the yielding softness of his bed beneath her back . |
| 19 | It had her dropping her aggressive stance immediately , and as he advanced she retreated until she felt the table hard and unyielding against her back . |
| 20 | Damian said in a voice thick with desire , dragging air into his lungs momentarily , staring at her with glittering eyes before his mouth claimed hers again , deeper , more demanding , and Rachel 's fingers were stroking his throat , her mouth moving blindly against his , and she felt his hands on her hips , hard and shaking , pressing her against him until she felt the evidence of his own fierce excitement hard against her . |
| 21 | As she ran along the track to the road , she had an eerie sense that she was acting out something she had done before , but she could not pin it down until she reached the road and turned right , towards the village . |
| 22 | Catherine climbed worn wooden stairs , up five flights in all , until she reached the attic storey . |
| 23 | Still on autopilot , she left the lift two Levels below 281 , and went unstoppably through the narrow sideways and gangpaths until she reached the room . |
| 24 | Tucking the loaf into her shirt top , Jess wrapped herself monkey-like , legs and arms round the rope , swinging across the scummy water hand over hand , gripping and letting go with easy rhythm until she reached the side of the brig . |
| 25 | Her mind in turmoil , her thoughts entirely on escape , she hardly drew breath until she reached the sanctuary of the tall displays in the bedding and linen department on the ground floor and saw the safety of the store 's side door beckoning to her . |
| 26 | He ran after her , calling her name , but she ignored him and kept running until she reached the road . |
| 27 | She kept right on swimming , until she reached the other side . |
| 28 | Not until she reached the door of her room did she respond to Mrs Beavis . |
| 29 | Bertrand de Podensac was already a client of Amanieu VII d'Albret in 1296 and appointed Albret as ‘ tutor de … ma heretere ’ , with full power to exercise custody over his heiress and her lands until she reached the age of fourteen . |
| 30 | It was not until she reached the age of specialization that she realized how well she had succeeded , although she had had her suspicions : but at the age of fifteen , at the moment of choice , the moment from which the Arts stretched away in one direction and the Sciences in another , never to meet again , she realized that Mrs Hill and Miss Haines had actually been fighting over her . |