Example sentences of "until [pers pn] reached the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I crept along the riverside until I reached the culvert and hid myself among the banks of sweet cicely to read my book . |
| 2 | Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16 ? |
| 3 | I tried to look straight ahead until I reached the top , then I entered our attic room and stood there as my eyes accustomed themselves to the dim light . |
| 4 | After crossing several fields I turned down to the right to follow a metalled road for a while until I reached the first real treat of the day , the Roman road . |
| 5 | I wanted to light a match , but knew there were only four matches left now , and that I must wait until I reached the Bible-box where I could first make a handful of paper spills to keep the flame going . |
| 6 | As she ran along the track to the road , she had an eerie sense that she was acting out something she had done before , but she could not pin it down until she reached the road and turned right , towards the village . |
| 7 | Catherine climbed worn wooden stairs , up five flights in all , until she reached the attic storey . |
| 8 | Still on autopilot , she left the lift two Levels below 281 , and went unstoppably through the narrow sideways and gangpaths until she reached the room . |
| 9 | Tucking the loaf into her shirt top , Jess wrapped herself monkey-like , legs and arms round the rope , swinging across the scummy water hand over hand , gripping and letting go with easy rhythm until she reached the side of the brig . |
| 10 | Her mind in turmoil , her thoughts entirely on escape , she hardly drew breath until she reached the sanctuary of the tall displays in the bedding and linen department on the ground floor and saw the safety of the store 's side door beckoning to her . |
| 11 | He ran after her , calling her name , but she ignored him and kept running until she reached the road . |
| 12 | She kept right on swimming , until she reached the other side . |
| 13 | Not until she reached the door of her room did she respond to Mrs Beavis . |
| 14 | Bertrand de Podensac was already a client of Amanieu VII d'Albret in 1296 and appointed Albret as ‘ tutor de … ma heretere ’ , with full power to exercise custody over his heiress and her lands until she reached the age of fourteen . |
| 15 | It was not until she reached the age of specialization that she realized how well she had succeeded , although she had had her suspicions : but at the age of fifteen , at the moment of choice , the moment from which the Arts stretched away in one direction and the Sciences in another , never to meet again , she realized that Mrs Hill and Miss Haines had actually been fighting over her . |
| 16 | There was nothing she could do until she reached the top . |
| 17 | It watched her , unwinking , until she reached the room behind the shop and shut the door on its crimson gaze . |
| 18 | It bothered him to let her go like this , but she 'd insisted ; for a while he could n't see her at all , until she reached the skyline and stopped for a moment . |
| 19 | Her walk took two hours , until she reached the hill overlooking the Valley of the Great Dairies . |
| 20 | The housekeeper 's request answered Belinda 's doubt that brother and sister might not yet be ready for an intrusion , and after adding a fourth almost transparent bone-china coffee-cup and saucer to the engraved silver tray , she carried it carefully through the series of open , interconnected rooms until she reached the veranda . |
| 21 | On feet that tried desperately to be silent , Belinda crept away , not stopping or turning round until she reached the looming mass of the house . |
| 22 | Then acting like a fifteen-year-old girl now , she turned and ran along the path , around the ornamental clock , and kept running until she reached the east gate of the park . |
| 23 | The Brigade has been in Normandy since the 6th June in constant contact with the enemy until we reached the Seine . |
| 24 | From here we worked our way carefully across the rock base until we reached the treacherous scree slope known as Little Hell Gate . |
| 25 | Here , though , even the higher ground was wet , so that the difficulty of making progress barely relented until we reached the snow . |
| 26 | There was a red-crossed Land Rover waiting , and nothing more was said until we reached the hospital . |
| 27 | All went smoothly until we reached the British customs . |
| 28 | We arrived in Lille as dusk was falling and drove through the centre of the modern sprawling town until we reached the citadel which was surrounded by a moat and an ancient drawbridge . |
| 29 | We walked on , past sessile oaks and bilberry patches , downhill until we reached the valley . |
| 30 | We did n't stop running until we reached the forge . |