Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the [noun] until the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be possible to search through the file until the record was located , but this technique , and the more refined methods available for searching sequential files in which there is no direct relationship between the record key and its storage location , are too slow for the needs of most enquiry systems . |
| 2 | All the tug could do then was to stand by the tow until the gale abated . |
| 3 | He had rushed home , had a hasty meal , changed into evening-dress , and gone to the Capital cinema at Ibrox — to play in the orchestra until the last show , ending at 10.30 p.m . |
| 4 | I also suggested that Britons should be urged not to ask for a chance to look at the remains until the situation improves . |
| 5 | This caused them to sink into the ground until the crossbar was only two inches above the grass . |
| 6 | Staff at London 's Games Store had sold little of anything to do with the war until the war-games club of an American military base in Britain cleared them out of T-55 tanks ( Iraq 's main battle tank ) and German armoured personnel carriers ( used by the Saudis ) . |
| 7 | From her he seemed to draw sufficient strength to get through the days until the simple funeral was over . |
| 8 | On the basis of a report delivered by Gorbachev on Feb. 7 a resolution was adopted which ruled that the independence declaration should be " regarded as having no standing " , and urged the Lithuanian communists to suspend their decision to break with the CPSU until the matter could be debated at the 28th party congress . |
| 9 | Many dealers were content to stay on the sidelines until the publication of April trade figures later in the day . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It is probably better to return to the dog until the ‘ sit and stay ’ command is well established . |