Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] until the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A psychopathic killer is at work , and passions run high until the murderer is finally unmasked in a dramatic pay-off . |
| 2 | The nowers remain closed until the bird squeezes the bud , which explodes open , offering nectar ( but possibly no insects unlike most sunbird flowers ) and is pollinated ; if not visited , the flowers fall off . |
| 3 | The action takes place thousands of miles from ‘ the perennial roar of London ’ , but the reader remains very much aware of London and the civilization it stands for as moral standards crumble ; ‘ savage ’ and ‘ white man ’ become confused until the conduct of the whites , intent on mutual destruction , seems worse than that of ‘ these poor souls — and even Sally Day , the child of cannibals , in all likelihood a cannibal himself — so faithful to what they knew of good ’ . |
| 4 | An important feature of A. caninum infection is that , in susceptible bitches , a proportion of the L3 which reach the lungs migrate to the skeletal muscles where they remain dormant until the bitch is pregnant . |
| 5 | The occupier of the premises , far from being put under any obligation to allow the owner of the goods to enter and retake them , is entitled to distrain them damage feasant until the owner of the goods pays for such damage as they have done . |