Example sentences of "until [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or it used to be until I got that letter . |
| 2 | Then I had a baby every year after that until I had five girls and three boys . |
| 3 | They would wait until I had more time . |
| 4 | That was until I met this fellow Johnson and we went to Kyrle Hall . |
| 5 | As trite as it sounds , I had forgotten what greenness was until I saw those palms . |
| 6 | Like the brick she was , Trish had kindly offered to subsidize my share of the rent until I found another job . |
| 7 | For a moment , until I remembered ordinary people , children , animals , fall-out , I wanted that crazed submarine commander to have succeeded . |
| 8 | Sarah had nursed her mother until she died two years ago . |
| 9 | Just wait until she saw that Tony Jones . |
| 10 | Back and forth flew the shuttle , clackety clack went the treadles of the loom , up and down sluiced the heddles , and the cloth grew until she had sufficient yardage for a gown ; she plied the scissors , cut out a pattern , sewed the seams and hemmed the border , and she was nearly faint with pain from the cactus pricks festering in her hands and halfway up her arms . |
| 11 | But there was no point in speculating until she had some facts . |
| 12 | Inside McAllister , who was enjoying her own performance as a clumsy hoyden , a wicked devil was laughing itself stupid , until she felt strong hands under her armpits and Dr Neil hoisted her clear of her victim . |
| 13 | The pathetic , skinny dog was scratching around the dustbin searching for the slightest bit of food , until she took one look at me and shot off with her tail between her legs . |
| 14 | When she told him she had no intention of coming back and working for him , that her mind was made up and she would be staying with the Miss Cardings until she found other employment , he had became almost pathetic in his pleading : he could n't do without her . |
| 15 | ‘ And I also had to take her furniture into store until she found this house in Highbury . |
| 16 | She prudently intended to wait at least until she found another job . |
| 17 | Continue north to post three and follow the trail round until you hit open country and reach post number five and then post six . |
| 18 | Until one transcended those stairs , one would never know which stair led to freedom and which to the return boat to Europe . |
| 19 | Erm the North Yorkshire County Council have made great play and we did n't know it was coming in until we got that information , upon the public consultation document . |
| 20 | until we took that train |
| 21 | People were left feeling disconnected from sexism until we made all oppressions centre-stage . |
| 22 | ‘ Over a period of one year we were continually evaluating our frac pack job performance , changing one component at a time until we achieved well performance that has virtually eliminated problems caused by damage near the well bore , ’ Park says . |
| 23 | We met more and more frequently as the months went by , until we had more drafts than the windows of a stone cottage . |
| 24 | Eventually supergrains of matter coalesced until the rocky fragments became large enough to attract more materials with gravity accreting at a faster and faster rate until they became full-sized planets . |
| 25 | Small companies combined to survive until they became vast conglomerates squeezing out the smaller shops . |
| 26 | They fought like two great reptiles in a sea of mud : winding their limbs around each other until they resembled two serpents coupling . |
| 27 | Charlie followed the colour-sergeant through the outer office until they reached another door marked ‘ Capt Trentham , Adj ’ . |
| 28 | The company tended to capitalise all costs and revenues associated with opening new homes until they reached projected break-even occupancy levels . |
| 29 | They could n't get in and find the dead woman until they got another key or broke the door down . |
| 30 | The idea was that the police would wait until they had incontrovertible evidence before moving in for the arrest , but Branson and Draper had barely sat down with the Clarkes before some forty policemen swarmed through the door , knocking over tables and chairs and arresting the two brothers . |