Example sentences of "until two " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the body of Mrs Wilks was not found until two days later , at the bottom of a motorway embankment two-and-a-half miles away , when a motorist took police to a spot where he had seen a silver Renault 25 parked . |
| 2 | Until two years ago he was , despite his flirtations with the Soviet Union , seen as an ally in President Reagan 's obsessional war against the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua . |
| 3 | All assumed then and indeed until two days ago that Chapman was recovering from his illness . |
| 4 | There are rooms booked in the hotel if they want to take the opportunity of visiting relatives but I do n't expect them in Dublin until two days before we play . |
| 5 | Until two months ago , they had achieved considerable success : the recent launch of a new political party , the National Restoration Movement ( Morena ) , is credited to the cartels . |
| 6 | Not until two years had passed was the outcome of these disputes at all clear . |
| 7 | His McLaren-Honda , which had not turned a wheel until two days before , did not miss a beat . |
| 8 | The 1988 Gold Cup victor led until two out , where lack of fitness told , and he finished third , 11 lengths behind the winner . |
| 9 | The 12,000 investors whose right to deal in the units were further suspended this week until February 5 did not hear from the managers until two weeks after the funds were first suspended on November 6 . |
| 10 | The 12,000 investors whose right to deal in the units were further suspended this week until February 5 did not hear from the managers until two weeks after the funds were first suspended on November 6 . |
| 11 | In Ireland , ‘ good morning ’ lasts until two o'clock in the afternoon , and then becomes ‘ good evening ’ until five , when ‘ good night ’ starts to set in . |
| 12 | The vision can wander about the void but one part of a void is like another and there can be no consciousness of movement until two locations have been defined , either by two dots or by the displacement of one dot , which requires memory of its path . |
| 13 | Apart from the sacrosanct hours from midday until two , the main street is quietly busy , with queues at the two boulangeries for each fresh batch of baguettes , petanque players under the plane trees , and , on Sundays , a tiny but comprehensive market . |
| 14 | UNTIL two years ago Paul Grayson , Lancashire 's young fly-half with unlimited potential , had never even thought of appearing in a major representative match at Twickenham . |
| 15 | Thus it did not finish until two o'clock in the morning … |
| 16 | The Queen was not due to return from a tour of the Far East until two days later . |
| 17 | Her mind brought her abruptly back to the present when she thought , that was until two years ago when Jessie left the Dame School . |
| 18 | The song , properly known as the ‘ Song of the Western Men ’ , was not sung on the road : it was not written until two centuries later , by the eccentric Parson Hawker of Morwenstow , ( in the intervals between scaring his parishioners by dressing as a mermaid and singing on the seashore ) . |
| 19 | The College 's first Principal ( or Professor , as he and his more immediate successors were called ) published his first proposals for a veterinary school in England in 1788 , but it was not until two years later that he made contact with the Odiham Agricultural Society . |
| 20 | Where until two years ago , the scattering of currants near the door was eagerly awaited by a clamouring mix of blackbirds , starling , robins and a songthrush or two , lately there has been almost an indifference to the largesse . |
| 21 | It is important to use contraceptive precautions until two consecutive tests show there are no sperm left in the ejaculate |
| 22 | Make it clear that you have taken in details by phrasing questions along the lines of , ‘ I 've looked at your educational record which seems excellent but could you perhaps tell me why you did not pass maths until two years after your other 0 levels/changed schools halfway through A levels/took a year off while doing your degree ? ’ |
| 23 | I was frantically doing this and I showed up at rehearsal thinking they were going to do all the songs , but we did n't do anything until two or three days later ! |
| 24 | Starting with breakfast at 7am , Kramer 's stays open until two in the morning : there are few better ways to unwind than browsing to Vivaldi or jazz late at night . |
| 25 | According to Institute statistics , it was almost unheard of for a member to go into an IVA until two years ago , but in 1991 23 IVAs were reported , last year the number soared to 56 , and by half way through January , the 1993 total was already into double figures . |
| 26 | But the extent to which firms are foundering did not really hit home until two months ago when the news hit the headlines that Hook Harris , a highly reputable and apparently profitable firm , based in Southampton and Newport , Isle of Wight , had entered into an IVA with its creditors . |
| 27 | We both went crashing over and a furious fight ensued until two big prefects dragged us apart . |
| 28 | ‘ She was always very quiet and withdrawn , ’ was all Aunt Lilian would say , when pressed , and perhaps her interest really was in the young man 's academic future , not in her own , or mine , because she continued to coach him by post until two days before my birth . |
| 29 | Very light surgery this morning : I have n't to be in Chollerton until two and I 've only got a couple of calls to make . |
| 30 | David , of Brooks Hall Road , Ipswich , did some modelling work until two years ago when cancer was diagnosed . |