Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] the [noun] until " in BNC.
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| 1 | This caused them to sink into the ground until the crossbar was only two inches above the grass . |
| 2 | If then they still do not help , bring all your people and let them stay in the office until it is done . |
| 3 | When releasing barn owls that have been in captivity for a long time , we keep them confined to the barn until we 're sure that they are going to adapt happily to their new surrounding . ( ) |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I crept along the riverside until I reached the culvert and hid myself among the banks of sweet cicely to read my book . |
| 6 | That evening Holmes and I drove across the moor until we could see the lights of the Stapletons ' house in front of us . |
| 7 | My head goes down and I focus on the problem until I figure out how it can be solved , ’ said the man whose solutions make tomorrow 's game a test of the Premier Division 's worthiness as well as an international examination on a particularly thorough level . |
| 8 | I survived in the school until after ‘ O ’ levels and into the sixth form , but only for one term . |
| 9 | I stared into the mist until my eyes hurt , ahead , off both quarters , in case we 'd been carried the other way , even astern . |
| 10 | I went up the steps until the water barely covered my ankles and tried the doorlatch . |
| 11 | After that I waited at the harbour until it was safe to go back to the beach without seeing the person I was dodging . ’ |
| 12 | I waited in the kitchen until it was light enough outside for me to find my way through the deep snow back to Thrushcross Grange . |
| 13 | I stayed with the Maillotins until spring came . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She marked the paths of birds and insects , pointed to the homes of lizards and carried a fishing line which she would occasionally cast , watching for the rough bobbin to lurch , winding in a small , flat saafi fish which danced on the hook until she released it and tossed it back . |
| 16 | Macca said in his column , that nobody knew about the deal until it was all but completed and said he was sure everyone at Leeds and the supporters would wish him great success at Blackburn . |
| 17 | ‘ Whenever I bring something home , she sits by the box until I take it out . |
| 18 | Slowly , step by step , she crept along the terrace until she stood there , looking in . |
| 19 | From the time she rose in the morning until she mounted the stairs to go to bed , she was at her mother 's beck and call . |
| 20 | If it were not for my concern for my grandmother , I would — I would put you out of the car right now , I would let you wait beside the road until someone took pity on you and offered to drive you back to Milano . ’ |
| 21 | Then she swam along the bank until she came to the old pontoon . |
| 22 | The basic idea is that you look through the book until you find a picture that is of the type you are going to take , and you then read the accompanying bar code into the camera . |
| 23 | She skipped through the gardens until she found Ben Weatherstaff , who was digging and talking to his robin . |
| 24 | She walked through the streets until she came to the litter of a part of town which teetered unbecomingly between abject decline and frenzied development . |
| 25 | Alternatively , and no less awe-inspiring , if the cloud conditions are right , you ascend through the mist until you break out into the sun somewhere before the summit from where you look down on a sea of white cloud with many peaks bursting through . |
| 26 | 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 … |
| 27 | As she rubbed her hand tiredly across her forehead she stared at the cheque until the writing blurred and danced before her eyes , and every word she had flung at him , every insult , seemed burned indelibly into her brain . |
| 28 | For the next half-hour , while everyone filtered back into the big hall , while the musicians struck up and people began to dance , she counted off the time until the bride and groom were scheduled to leave — and when she could leave herself . |
| 29 | So I suggested she stay on the Pill until we knew the result . |
| 30 | Turn round ! girl , ’ and swung her round by the shoulders , and while holding her with one hand she ripped the pieces of tape from the end of each plait , before she tore at the hair until it hung in uneven strands ; then she almost lifted Millie from the floor as , using both hands now , she drew the strands together and began forming them into a tight rope-like plait . |