Example sentences of "until a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her jeep was blocking that infernal track completely , so until a tow-truck did turn up there was no way out anyway ! |
| 2 | He was n't sure what to do about the missing woman , wondering where on earth she could be , until a knock at the rear entrance answered the question for him . |
| 3 | He thought , I know what my idea of heaven would be , if by heaven we mean a place of bliss in which to pass eternity : a sanctuary where one might chain-smoke without impairment of breathing , destruction of the lungs or damage to the heart , light each fresh cigarette from the glowing butt of its predecessor , and drink ice-free but hundred-proof chilled vodka laced with two drops of angostura and a gill of newly opened Perrier endlessly , with increasing euphoria until a peak of joy and ease was reached but without any sub-sequent nausea or pain or dehydration or oblivion … |
| 4 | The kind milkman is now looking after the stray dog , which must have consumed more than 100 pints of milk , until a home can be found for him . |
| 5 | The world does not wake up to it until a TV report captures the popular imagination at the end of the year . |
| 6 | [ Until a member of the cast the sound down , " Coriolanus " continues . ] |
| 7 | In the event of an emergency i.e. receptionist delayed , EDT will hold the lines until a member of the reception staff takes over . |
| 8 | Process , gradually adding water until a ball of dough forms . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Then it is clear that , until a court so declares , the respondents have no alternative but to continue to pay the charges demanded of them . |
| 11 | Tools are even provided for making legitimate entry … as long as there is no criminal damage to the property itself , and as long as no-one lives or intends to live there , the squatters can change the locks and stay put until a court order forces their eviction . |
| 12 | This " no-gap " printing continues until a comma ( or the end of the print list ) is encountered . |
| 13 | This displacement continues until a comma is encountered . |
| 14 | He left me to sulk until a servant came to announce dinner was ready . |
| 15 | The and ratios , plotted against the maturity of the unheated coals ( Fig. 5 ) , show that the composition of the Palaeozoic coal gas remains constant until a reflectance of 1.2–1.3% and only becomes drier at higher maturities . |
| 16 | It is difficult to project one 's mind to a subsequent sale where the receipt has to be produced , but one can visualise difficulty where the solicitor for a purchaser objects to the receipt and refuses to settle until a receipt in conformity with the Form provided is produced . |
| 17 | Repeat the raking and treading process until a firm , stone-free level site is achieved , and rake once more . |
| 18 | So sanctions must be ever more rigidly enforced on all fronts and the lesson driven home that Serbia will remain a pariah state until a peace is in place . |
| 19 | For a flying delivery to be effected the Vulcan Display Team crew could need to be kept would need to be kept current on XH558 ( they must at least fly every 28 days under current procedures ) which would necessitate check-flights until a buyer is established . |
| 20 | An order may be made staying an action , until a request for particulars has been completed , or , in the case of defendants , barring them from defending ( see Ord 5 , r 9(3) and ( 4 ) ) . |
| 21 | In the monostable mode the output at pin 3 is ‘ low ’ until a clock pulse is applied to pin 2 . |
| 22 | Mr Lamont also gave the green light for the Jubilee Line extension in London , but work will not start until a banking consortium has been set up to provide £400 million of private-sector money for the Pounds 1.8 billion project . |
| 23 | I am waiting until a head of my wife is dry before sending you — with the ones you know about — four canvases . |
| 24 | Snip , snip , snip went the shears until a head appeared . |
| 25 | The method of compartmentation would not , of course , be brought into action until a delay period had elapsed to permit the escape of personnel , and the timing of the foam application would need to be carefully controlled in order to leave sufficient time to permit the foam to fill the volume before the fire took substantial hold . |
| 26 | Mr Patten seems unwilling to postpone the bill 's publication until China agrees to talks , while China appears reluctant to agree to talks until a delay has been announced . |
| 27 | Until a generation ago it was not uncommon for a successful parish church organist to be appointed to a cathedral post . |
| 28 | ‘ Unfortunately she had to wait until a bed was available on the ward , but she was given a bed in casualty . |
| 29 | It is , on the whole , more likely that they are responding to the cumulative temperature building up slowly until a threshold has been passed , and they are away . |
| 30 | He had heard nothing more of the plane until a newspaper phoned him the following day , Sunday afternoon . |