Example sentences of "[to-vb] on the [noun] until " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that does n't score highly enough to win a contest the next stage is to grapple on the ground until one player wins by holding down an opponent for 30 seconds . |
| 2 | At such moments it was difficult to remain calm , but she forced herself to concentrate on the figures until eventually the task was finished . |
| 3 | He said that the FIA tribunal had no right to rule on the case until a hearing in Portugal and should not have heard representation from Mansell and Ferrari at a hearing in Paris last Thursday . |
| 4 | The FIA tribunal postponed any decision , but Balestre said it had no right to rule on the case until after the Portuguese hearing and should not have heard representation . |
| 5 | They continued to scrabble on the floor until all the spilt items had been retrieved . |
| 6 | Mills does n't expect REM to go on the road until after their 1993 record is released . |
| 7 | At least financial agencies have some pressure to provide funds at competitive rates , and builders to guard against pricing themselves out of the market , but landowners just have to sit on the land until they get the price they demand . |
| 8 | Many dealers were content to stay on the sidelines until the publication of April trade figures later in the day . |
| 9 | They 've got to , she 's got to stay on the boat until they 're gon na try and find her somewhere else to sleep |
| 10 | And the thing is , that Barry does n't really want to get on the plane until it 's all sorted out . |
| 11 | On July 16 the Supreme Court ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to explain the nature of a concrete platform that had been built on the disputed site , and on July 22 declared that it would refuse to adjudicate on the issue until all construction activities had ceased . |