Example sentences of "until it become a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lifted a sock from the floor and pushed it into her mouth , then held a silk blouse out by its cuffs and spun it until it became a rope to hold the gag secure . |
| 2 | For a long time she maintained her maiden name until it became a public and political necessity to adopt the surname Clinton . |
| 3 | Even as the company got bigger , the familial atmosphere on which Virgin had been built in the early Seventies stayed strong , a flame that was kept alight by those who had been with Virgin since the earliest days , until it became a myth , self-perpetuating and strong enough to touch any newcomer to the organisation , strong enough to have even Richard Branson in its grip . |
| 4 | Now I sat beside her and watched as the cloth was folded and refolded until it became a nubin . |
| 5 | They swung off down the weedy gravel , skirting the grand , derelict stables and following the drive until it became a track and the land began to rise . |
| 6 | These grow and mature until it becomes a flower , a tree , a tiger or a human being — or whatever it is destined to become — depending on the characteristics transmitted to it through its inherited material , the genes , which are grouped together in its chromosomes . |
| 7 | If you want to live a long , long time in sturdy health you ca n't go wrong in forming the habit of long vigorous walking every day … until it becomes a habit as important to you as eating and sleeping . |