Example sentences of "until [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With full-back Ian Hunter not appearing Cumbria were in doubt about their line-up until a few minutes before kick-off , but showed no signs of uncertainty when the action began , winning a penalty from their first attack . |
| 2 | That farewell to the coaches was going to be ‘ Hello ’ until a few minutes ago when the British Olympic Association suddenly cancelled a meet-the-press day . |
| 3 | The video shop did n't open up until a few minutes after ten . |
| 4 | The German had intended to ride his Olympic gold medal partner , Walzerkoenig , on Saturday night until a few hours earlier when it was discovered that the horse 's off-foreleg was inexplicably swollen . |
| 5 | Moreover , they interpret a piece of music and make it their own , even if they have never encountered the given orchestra until a few hours before . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , there is no certain way of knowing of food is dangerous … until a few hours after it is eaten . |
| 7 | However , a mother who is in contact with her baby immediately after delivery is much more likely to be able to do this than one who is not given her baby until a few hours after the birth . |
| 8 | Until a few hours before , they had no idea where they would be going . |
| 9 | And still the faint red light up ahead came and went by fits and starts , leading them on across gale-swept open moorland , through massively still pine forests , up exposed dirt tracks and over passes whose names had vanished with the inhabitants of the farms where until a few decades earlier generation after generation of human beings had eked out lives of almost unimaginable deprivation . |
| 10 | I thought ‘ Good God — it 's the end of the group ’ — which it was n't until a few months later . |
| 11 | The first pilots to send Luftwaffe bombers spiralling down to crash into the sea were boys , auxiliary pilots who until a few months before had been flying antiquated Gloster Gladiators . |
| 12 | The girl and her boyfriend were delighted by the new arrangement and they continued their happy sex life until a few months later when the mother announced that she was pregnant . |
| 13 | THE 13-year-old airliner — the newest in El Al 's jumbo fleet — carried hundreds of passengers until a few months ago . |
| 14 | That is , until a few months later when Darnley and his page boy , whilst staying at Kirk o' Fields Palace , were killed in an explosion . |
| 15 | Until a few months ago . ’ |
| 16 | It is therefore right that , when analysing Labour 's current declared policy , we should look well at what , until a few months ago , that declared policy manifestly was . |
| 17 | The accident occurred late on Tuesday or early on Wednesday but was not discovered until a few survivors emerged and bodies began floating ashore . |
| 18 | The towpath proper did n't start until a few yards further down where it angled away from the road and followed the river ; here it was marked by a narrow strip of waterside grass and trees that would immediately raise the cost of any overlooking property by at least ten thousand . |
| 19 | Until a few years ago most wood dyes tended to fade in strong sunlight , but now many of them contain transparent iron oxides , which do not fade and can be used on interior and exterior woodwork . |
| 20 | He continued to work until a few years ago and from then on passed much of his time in London . |
| 21 | Cider and culinary apple orchards have gone the same way , all helped along until a few years ago by government grants to grub up the old trees and replace them with easy to spray , prune and pick bush types . |
| 22 | It was not until a few years later that I think his talent really started to manifest itself because you could n't quite think where it was going . |
| 23 | The Clintons ' marital problems , they say , began then and lasted until a few years ago . |
| 24 | The Cabernet Sauvignon from Languedoc is made by a company that was struggling to make ends meet by blending plonk until a few years ago . |
| 25 | Until a few years ago this was deadly serious stuff : ‘ The Americans would ram us if we came close — they knew it took us longer to get repaired . ’ |
| 26 | Until a few years ago it was possible to stand on the incline , particularly in summer , without becoming the least aware that here once stood one of the most complex and sophisticated pieces of apparatus ever constructed on English canals , and the idea of two narrow boats going up while another pair came down would have been quite beyond belief . |
| 27 | Until a few years ago , the existence of sexual harassment as a genuine problem in many businesses was scarcely acknowledged . |
| 28 | Until a few years ago , it seemed clear that there was redundancy where an employer no longer required the same number of employees . |
| 29 | But as with Gibson 's non-reverse Thunderbirds — and remember , until a few years ago the same could be said for Fender Jaguars and Jazzmasters — they are just not currently de rigueur . |
| 30 | Until a few years ago , sex education was left to parents . |