Example sentences of "until [pers pn] have [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I had no intention of trying to explain the whereabouts of Sunil 's goods to Sunil or his henchmen until I 'd made contact with Zaria , and if she did n't come across soon there was a good chance she 'd find me hanging from a Christmas tree by the neck .
2 ‘ I was hoping Kenny could put me up for a few days until I 'd sorted things out with my parents .
3 It never struck me as odd until I had left school , that a school of girls aged from eleven to eighteen should daily be addressed as ‘ children ’ .
4 And your own name , your company , will also not be mentioned until I 've stopped Hauser in his tracks , destroyed him . ’
5 I do n't want to send any this is sort of from erm almost from my ego talking now , I do n't want to send anything until I 've had back from company Group their comments on my
6 Then I think we 'll put these away until I 've had time to consider my position .
7 Well , stall him until I 've had time to have a dekko .
8 So is it worth doing that now or is it worth waiting until I have taken account of both amendments again .
9 ‘ No decision about the meeting will be made until I have had talks with those responsible for organising the group 's itinerary , but we are not at all happy with the decision to meet Sinn Fein . ’
10 I would not be interested in leaving Middlesbrough until I have got Middlesbrough as far as Middlesbrough can go . ’
11 Riches : until she had given Luke the money she owed him , paid a month 's rent in advance , redeemed a few things from the pawnshop , bought extra coal for the cold weather , taken Liam to a doctor because something had to be done about his cough ; looked down the bleak distance of the weeks ahead with no work promised .
12 Claudia wished she could stop shaking ; the touch of his hard body against hers had started up a whirlpool of emotion that left her wanting to run until she had put miles between them .
13 Ariel kept on walking , and did not respond until she had lowered Sycorax from her back into her hammock and was sponging her limbs to rinse them free of salt .
14 But not yet — not until she had had time to rebuild her shattered defences .
15 Not until she had had time to explain that Oliver was only a little boy , that he had n't really understood …
16 She told me that she could n't be happy until she 'd given birth and , in the course of time , I began to understand what she meant .
17 That was , until she 'd met Alexander .
18 Considering this question , with some surprise Robbie realised that had never been her aim — until she 'd met Fen Marshall .
19 She did n't want him to see it until she 'd had time to think .
20 Namely , one of waiting until she has represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup .
21 The trouble was , Alexandra thought , walking into her kitchen wrapped in a bath sheet , the trouble was that you could n't really go with the flow until you 'd had time to work out which way it was going .
22 It means that you do n't get the good views of the Cove until you 've reached Malham Beck , but I think that it 's better doing the walk this way round than going at it clockwise and having to clamber down the scar .
23 Shall we leave it that I will consider making a direction at the next hearing in relation to that figure and the question of any interest thereon but will defer any such er decision until you 've had time to consider it .
24 Until you 've known loss you 've never known what you really have got .
25 You ca n't verify software until you 've got hardware that 's capable of operating simultaneously with the software .
26 Although he was not the very first , he has come to be regarded as the pioneer , bush-whacking anthropologist , the originator of the doctrine that until you have lived cheek by jowl with an exotic tribe and spoken their language fluently you can not claim full professional status .
27 Would you call it a deal until you have shaken hands ?
28 Not until you have seen reason . ’
29 ‘ Never , ever give out your card number until you have reached agreement , ’ Mr Lindsey said .
30 Dummett , architect of anti-realism as successor to verificationism , offers the most introductory account I know in Dummett ( 1978 , ch. 10 ) but if you are new to this area you would do better to wait until you have read ch. 9 of the present book before attempting it .
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