Example sentences of "[adv prt] until [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She explored the place where his manhood lay and he , in turn , used experienced fingers to set alight that part of her where carnal longings had been damped down until that moment . |
| 2 | Werder Bremen , the only German club left in European competition this season , beat Turkey 's Galatasaray 2–1 after being 1–0 down until 12 minutes from time . |
| 3 | The master ordered the limitation issue to be set down for trial within 28 days , but it was not set down until ten months later . |
| 4 | See they said they were n't going down until half past |
| 5 | From 1754 onwards marriages were entered on printed forms , otherwise no standard procedure was laid down until 1813 . |
| 6 | We stopped for a few hours in Aberdeen , long enough to allow Father to take us to see the house we had lived in until 1939 : Stranathro , at Muchalls , perched high on the cliffs by the road to Stonehaven . |
| 7 | Declarations did not come in until 1889 , so that Stoddart 's innings was three years before , and that of Collins 10 years after . |
| 8 | Up to 90per cent of the clientele at the Holiday Inn , Maidenhead/Windsor , is made up of businessmen and women , some of whom do n't check in until 10 or 11.00pm . |
| 9 | Legislation was not brought in until 1923 , however , largely because any attempt at reform was regarded as an attack on the sanctity of marriage , despite the Royal Commission 's argument ( repeated by all later proponents of divorce law reform ) that relaxation would in fact strengthen rather than weaken it . |
| 10 | She was about to risk departing for an early lunch , a move which she would not have dared to make if Miss Coldharbour had been in the office , but Julia gathered she was out for the morning and not expected in until two fifteen . |
| 11 | Yeah but it was well it in until two days before Christmas |
| 12 | Several of the changes Mr Major announced will not come in until next year , and their effects will hardly be noticed for a while after that . |
| 13 | The brownies and girl guides were n't allowed to join in until 1969 . |
| 14 | He saw service in both world wars , having been called back to the RAF reserve when the Second World War broke out and stayed in until 1947 . |
| 15 | It suffered its next severe blow in 1968 , when it was left on the shelf after a round of mergers from which the British banking industry emerged in the state it remained in until this year . |
| 16 | Parallelised configurations are n't penned in until 1993 . |
| 17 | The usual family gathering at the Andersons ' was held over until late January as Theresa had invited her parents and brothers and sister to her house for Boxing Day , and Pat said he thought it was a good idea . |
| 18 | That will at least tide you over until better days , when they come . ’ |
| 19 | What is also over until further notice is the New-York Historical Society 's exhibition programme , although a travelling show of Audubon watercolours is due to begin an eighteen-month tour at the National Gallery of Art in Washington , D.C. in October . |
| 20 | The shuttle flights from Edinburgh to London were booked up right through until eleven that evening . |
| 21 | As I remember it conference tends to run through until new clients so . |
| 22 | If your pond is planted , now is the time to cut back dead growth : although this year it seemed a pity to butcher my waterlilies , which continued to flower right through until late September . |
| 23 | There are also some there which er can or can not at your discretion for more than one year er terminology now being used about recurrent not recurrent expenditure , it 's up to you except where we are , you are resolving to recruit staff or reduce staff erm , it would be useful to have an indication from you as to whether you wish the money to be erm carried through until next year or whether you can see it as a one off . |
| 24 | These aims will be achieved by video-recording children at play with their mothers , starting when the children are six months old and following the same children through until twenty-one months of age . |
| 25 | Financial delegation started in Australia in the early 1970s , but did not really take off until 1983 when the Labour Party , committed to devolution , was elected . |
| 26 | In fact we checked in at Heathrow at 2pm but our plane did n't take off until nine the next morning . |
| 27 | But the employers persuaded them to hold off until 1966 , when they settled for a mere 5 per cent rise over the three years to 1969 . |
| 28 | With the election now off until sometime next year media attention continues to be absorbed by party conferences and international activity . |
| 29 | Smythson stayed at Longleat on and off until 1580 . |
| 30 | Sometimes the intention to go on the Pill is there , but it is put off until next week , or until their sixteenth birthday . |