Example sentences of "and [verb] it until it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eliot observed how he would take a word ‘ and squeeze and squeeze it until it yielded a full juice of meaning which we would never suppose any word to possess ’ . |
| 2 | Victor breathed on the glass in his hand , and buffed it until it gleamed . |
| 3 | He moved his hand and touched her breast through the robe she wore , found the nipple and stroked it until it hardened and she stirred . |
| 4 | Ballesteros took world golf by the scruff of the neck and shook it until it reformed into patterns more nearly to his liking . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The cricket periodically tests the size of its acoustic horn and adjusts it until it resonates at the frequency produced by its wings — a remarkable feat since it can only gauge the efficiency of its amplifier by detecting the changes in pressure waves within the chamber . |
| 7 | If you have a weapon , kill it quickly , else you must punch and kick it until it vanishes in a puff of smoke . |
| 8 | Someone had dried it out , unfolded and smoothed it until it resembled a sheet of grubby brown parchment . |