Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] until it " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , Flaherty thought it was a better idea than invoking the Draoicht Suan until it was explained to him that unless Pumlumon did invoke it , they would all of them be roasting on spits in the Gruagach 's sculleries before the night was out , to which he said that giants had always been partial to roast Gnome and he had always thought it was a mistake to come to Tara in the first place . |
| 2 | Third , it must perform its conspicuous , super-prey routine until it attracts the attention of the predator . |
| 3 | Under such circumstances it was programmed to select an orbit around the largest near planetary mass , emitting a distress signal until it was recovered . |
| 4 | Once , when an alarm became peculiarly insistent , the Maggot thumped the instrument panel until it stopped . |
| 5 | Heat the butter in a heavy-based frying pan until it stops foaming , then add the yam slices in a single layer . |
| 6 | Following yesterday 's helicopter shooting in Yugoslavia , the European Community is halting truce monitoring until it receives safety assurances for its observers . |
| 7 | Rostov 's body was still firmly encased in the pod 's foam safety envelope , but now the system obligingly extended a bar switch until it was at mouth level . |
| 8 | Neuron Data , better known for its Nexpert expert system until it re-invented itself as a GUI development outfit , plans to push on into what it sees as a burgeoning market for software which can make an ISV 's job designing solutions which work across heterogeneous environments much easier . |
| 9 | But in the meantime the investors have had the benefit of a gross roll-up of interest and the flexibility of deferring their tax charge until it suits them which , of course , may be at a time when the tax charge is lower or after they have emigrated . |
| 10 | I can assure readers that particular problem will not happen again , all parties involved will be contacted throughout the distribution process until it arrives at members ' addresses . |
| 11 | Germany has told Benin that it will not help with pesticide disposal until it refuses unnecessary donations . |
| 12 | In this situation the hands must be kept low and the crampons used in a front point mode until it is possible to step onto the easier ice with a flat foot ( Fig 6 ) . |
| 13 | In the morning the water would run , run fast and sweet along a mains pipe until it met with an obstruction and the water would eat away at the mass that blocked it . |
| 14 | EGG SALAD WITH SAFFRON MAYONNAISE 8 hard-boiled eggs Frisee lettuce 1 pinch saffron strands 2 tbsp white wine vinegar 2 egg yolks 1 tsp Dijon mustard 6 fl oz olive oil Salt and pepper HEAT the saffron in a long-handled kitchen spoon until it is lightly toasted , then crush and mix with the wine vinegar . |
| 15 | It was one of the few remaining to keep an old cinema organ until it closed a few years ago . |
| 16 | Lee 's proposed opening for the movie , based on a script written by James Baldwin , is an American flag being licked with flames behind a credit sequence until it forms the title X . |
| 17 | She scrubbed the old lino floor until it revealed a pleasant geometric pattern of tan , brown and yellow diamonds ; poured bleach , then caustic soda , and then her own physical energy into the stained hideous bath , succeeding in restoring it in several places to snowy whiteness . |
| 18 | The optimistic , structuring of an art form until it appears to be on tiptoe in defiance and compliance with gravity … or whatever the dominant forcefield may be . |
| 19 | Woosnam feared that he would miss the cut , then have to sit around watching re-runs on TV of The Lucille Ball Show until it was time to help slip the green jacket on the new champion . |
| 20 | Potential energy is one convenient way of parking energy until it is wanted and this energy can be followed through its various subsequent transformations by a sort of accounting procedure which can be very revealing . |
| 21 | You can of course move the point cam furthest away from the carriage , because the carriage just keeps pattern knitting until it reaches it , it does n't need to calculate which stitch of the pattern to stop it . |
| 22 | Mr Wilbraham , who is only 34 , had been working for the family shipping and engineering business until it was sold in 1987 . |
| 23 | Keeping the noisy engine as muted as possible , Yanto negotiated the dirt path until it terminated suddenly at the base of the sea wall . |
| 24 | Before it left Scampton it was inspected to gauge the material and manpower needed to re-finish the aircraft , and while it was at Bicester a team from St Athan completely stripped the Lancaster , although it was decided not to apply its new paint scheme until it was finally in situ at the RAF Museum , to avoid damaging the paintwork on its journey to Hendon . |
| 25 | Explore this planning task until it has found |
| 26 | 8 Whisk the cream until it forms soft folds and , in another bowl whisky the egg white until it forms soft peaks . |
| 27 | The desktop computer grew in power and user friendliness until it was increasingly hard to tell apart from the workstation . |
| 28 | There is no doubt that this was the main reason why I delayed accepting a promotion post until it was too late and I ran out of time . |
| 29 | I want to bang my skull repeatedly on the road surface until it hurts . |
| 30 | Without a word she untied it and stuffed it into Werewolf 's lapel pocket until it looked like a dress handkerchief , then she moved behind him and pulled the sleeves of his jacket up to the elbows . |