Example sentences of "[pers pn] until [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speakers of less originality , and writers too , pick up these phrases at second hand and use them until their first fire and punch are worn away . |
| 2 | The hard copy formatter works cyclically through the modules , searching for those with the specified charge code and classification and filling the relevant volume with them until its minimum fill mark is reached . |
| 3 | A Herefordshire hobgoblin would avenge himself for any insult by stealing all the family 's keys and refusing to return them until his favourite cake had been baked and left on the hob for him to eat . |
| 4 | He was wily enough to recognise that he did need his stepson ; more than David himself would ever know ; or at least needed him until his own son could be found and persuaded home . |
| 5 | She did n't notice Miguel Rafaelo watching her until her slight form merged into the darkness . |
| 6 | But it is just as likely that she will allow one male after another to mount her until her whole circle of admirers has been accommodated . |
| 7 | Well , that is , he did n't give it to me , but he said I could use it until its rightful owner turned up . ’ |
| 8 | Even if the value of that software has been recovered , there will be no willingness to replace it until its natural life has expired . |
| 9 | Yes I , after I lost my daughter I had to go into erm , into the factory to make aeroplane pieces at Burnt Mill cos I was so bad with my nerves after I lost her , er just afternoons I had to go and then I was taken ill I could n't do it , well then after my erm , I got my family off to school I took a part time job in erm one of the factories making tea in the mornings for the office and coffees and that for the office and then in the afternoons I used to do the tea as well , I used to cycle there , I quite enjoyed it until my right hip started coming bad then I had to pack it in , but I was in there , I was there for about four years and I thoroughly enjoyed it you know making tea and that , I did n't have to take it round only collect the money to go round and collect the money , but used to have to put the trolley outside and they used to come and get their tea each one , of which they knew which was their mugs and cups ha , you know , I , I thoroughly enjoyed that job , really great |
| 10 | The medium had also told him that he had a gift , but he did n't discover it until my older brother , just after the war , contracted polio and was discharged from hospital with a paralysed arm and leg . |