Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] until " in BNC.
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1 | I was determined to get him , and must have been concentrating so intently on his movements that , like a fool , I forgot to look in the mirror until it was too late . |
2 | This defect was ingeniously got over by developing a hardener which could be painted by itself on to one half of the joint while the glue was painted on the other half , nothing began to happen in the glue until the two halves were brought together . |
3 | Meryl tucked the papers under her arm and decided to walk around the boundary until she came to an alternative entrance . |
4 | Gilman employed ‘ scientific ’ experiments described by him as follows : ‘ The observer , an intelligent man with good eyesight , and well accustomed to museums and their contents , was instructed to answer the questions with the least possible exertion and to hold the position he needed to assume for the purpose until he could be photographed . ’ |
5 | They continued to scrabble on the floor until all the spilt items had been retrieved . |
6 | He continued to teach in the university until his wife died , when he resumed his Fellowship and took Orders . |
7 | From the roof of the banqueting hall he could see that the river , which had been almost dry until now , had swollen greatly , it continued to rise during the night until by the following morning it had submerged the melon beds . |