Example sentences of "until [adv] [pron] have [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until yesterday I had never seen your mother . |
| 2 | ‘ They have always said they will care for Jennifer completely , and until now they 've only allowed me to stand in for them , but it 's taking its toll . |
| 3 | He said last night : ‘ Until now we have not had a real marker which would tell a cancer cell from a normal cell . ’ |
| 4 | Until now you have not asked for anything in my name . |
| 5 | Until now I have always thought that it is such a big city with so many people that my family may be safe but tonight I am afraid because this shelter was in an area where they are living . |
| 6 | Its preferred approach was more informative reporting of disciplinary and appeal committee hearings — until now it has only released details of the charges the accused has been found guilty of , and the final ruling . |
| 7 | He was a lorry driver like Charlie , his name was Maurice Cullam and until now he had scarcely opened his mouth except to pour alcohol down it . |
| 8 | Until now he had always picked her up from the hospital . |
| 9 | Until now he had never believed it to be true , that something as heavy as gold could fall naturally from the sky . |
| 10 | The truth was though , that until now he had never possessed anything much , so how could he know ? |
| 11 | Until now he had never had to court the approval of the political elite , because his monopoly of legitimacy had made him irreplaceable . |
| 12 | Until now she had not realised just how much she needed a holiday . |
| 13 | Until now she had n't given it much thought . |
| 14 | Until now she had n't taken much notice of him , so she could n't say for certain whether he was handsome or not . |
| 15 | Until now she had never thought about Annie being interested in men , she was so reserved and proper , but it seemed to Carrie that Billy might have kindled a spark in the young woman . |
| 16 | Until now she had hardly thought of Adamus . |
| 17 | It was incredible , and until today she 'd never experienced anything remotely like it . |
| 18 | Until then I 'd never had any intimation of what was being done nowadays in the field of biblical research , or of the attacks being launched by competent historians . |
| 19 | Until then I had always thought that I could go home , but now I was n't sure . |
| 20 | Until then I had always held the view that police officers do not fabricate evidence against men they know to be innocent , but rather against those whom they genuinely , if mistakenly , believe to be guilty . |
| 21 | He had blushed at the thought and turned quickly away , but as time passed he found that he desperately wanted to share his secret with her ; until then he 'd always confided in her unhesitatingly and it seemed strange that something should now make him hold back . |
| 22 | Until then she had demurely addressed him as ‘ Sir ’ . |
| 23 | Until then she had always imagined him to be somehow insubstantial , a shadow of a man . |
| 24 | Until recently I had n't bothered checking the pH of my Discus tank as the Discus , Corydoras and Cardinals seemed happy enough , in fact the Discus spawned on a leaf . |
| 25 | She had spent most of her own childhood trying to persuade her parents to fall in love with each other and known how little they really cared for each other or for her , but until recently she had not realised how little real love there had been in her own marriage . |