Example sentences of "until he [vb -s] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , I would predict that we will see Ray 's name in the records books before long , though , perhaps not until he turns the grand old age of 60 in another three or four years and can make a new charge up the age-group ladder . |
| 2 | The customer can use his lien to enforce this ; he can refuse to hand over any goods which are returnable by him , until he receives the part-exchange goods or the part-exchange allowance . |
| 3 | Santos preaches the virtues of working legitimately for a crust and our hero merely sneers until he spies the seductive posterior of Amber Evans ( Stacey Dash ) , follows her into her swanky office and obtains a job in the mailroom despite having a criminal record to rival Al Capone . |
| 4 | To send a player streaking across the pitch ( do n't get excited , Lucy — I did n't mean literally ! ) , push the joystick in the direction you wish to go until he reaches the required speed . |
| 5 | A hundred yards further on , he turns down Coney Lane , passes Shopfix , Atkinson Insulation , Bitomark , then runs alongside the railings that fence the Pringle site until he reaches the main entrance . |
| 6 | A newly appointed bishop joins the end of the queue and works his way up by attrition until he reaches the favoured band . |
| 7 | The principal provisions pertaining to the structure of the learned profession lay down that a candidate for office , a mulazim ( mulazim ) shall first teach at a 20-akce medrese , that is , one at which the stipulated salary of the muderris is twenty akce daily , and shall then proceed to advance by 50-akce stages ( e.g. to a 25- , then to a 30-akce medrese , and so on ) until he reaches the 50-akce medreses of which there are three classes : and the Sahn . |
| 8 | The prudent pilot , for example , allows plugs to soldier on unchecked at his or her peril , or until he experiences the awesome silence caused by a whisker of oil . |
| 9 | The speaker sees the world from his own perspective , praises his man friend and does his best to damn the woman : The emotional tone increases , from this relatively cool opening ( although ‘ suggest ’ has the sinister connotation of diabolic temptation ) as the poet 's indignation at the woman grows ( ‘ my female evil/Tempteth … would corrupt … with her foul pride ’ ) until he reveals the sexual suspicion which motivates his anger : ‘ I guess one angel in another 's hell ’ . |
| 10 | In searching for question 7 for example , the examiner must open the book fully at each page until he spots the small number 7 almost tucked into the binding . |