Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] until he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began again , the shapes of black and white slowly filling the board until he knew there were no more stones to play , nothing left to win or lose . |
| 2 | Following the death of James I , Charles I became King of England , in 1625 , and the Duke of Buckingham ( who had been James I 's favourite ) retained his influence over the throne until he was assassinated at Portsmouth , in August 1628 , but not before he had arranged the marriage of Charles I to Henrietta Maria of France . |
| 3 | There was , Aunt Margaret said , a safe in their bedroom where he kept the money until he took it in to the bank at the end of the week in the massive , gleaming , opulent-looking calf-skin briefcase with a very large lock . |
| 4 | He had already written a note to Becky — with a little help from Father O'Malley — instructing her to sell the shop along with the two barrows if she possibly could and to hold on to his share of the money until he came back to Whitechapel . |
| 5 | Enoch grew restless , so they walked around the deck until he decided that he had had enough and that only his mother would do . |
| 6 | This would offer great possibilities for travel in space and time , but unfortunately it seems that these solutions may all be highly unstable ; the least disturbance , such as the presence of an astronaut , may change them so that the astronaut could not see the singularity until he hit it and and his time came to an end . |
| 7 | An impressive amateur , the 1984 super-heavyweight Olympic champion , Biggs had won all 15 professional contests and was reckoned to be a considerable prospect in the division until he was overwhelmed by Tyson in Las Vegas on 16 October , 1987 . |
| 8 | Intent now on a sharpish exit he banged with his helmet on the canopy until he had made a hole big enough to climb through . |
| 9 | I would give him a fresh buttonhole every day to go to the university until he said he did n't like it . |
| 10 | Tigg deserts him to start trading in fraud on his own account , and Slyme disappears from the story until he reappears as a police officer ( having taken to working for his living in the hope of shaming his rich uncle ) , to arrest Jonas Chuzzlewit for murder . |
| 11 | He crawled along the branch until he reached the nearest flower . |
| 12 | The eminent Spaniard took 7 at the first hole of the Novo Sancti Petri course , of which he is the architect , and finished his first round ten shots behind Ireland 's Des Smyth who had not seen the course until he stepped on to the first tee . |
| 13 | He had gained five distinctions in his Matriculation examinations and it had been decided that he would stay on at the College until he was eighteen to take Higher School Certificate . |
| 14 | He did not see the soldier until he was almost on top of him . |
| 15 | He did not leave the Force until he had completed the " ton " with DSO . |
| 16 | Willie did so and soon picked up the melody until he almost began to enjoy it . |
| 17 | If he loses the trail , he turns and flies across the wind until he picks up her scent again . |
| 18 | His first was his refusal to devalue the pound until he was forced to do so ; had he devalued in mid 1991 as he should have done , the recession would have been over much sooner . |
| 19 | Naihe , knowing nothing of the rule until he paddled out , let his chanter sleep and was marooned far off-shore at the end of the contest . |
| 20 | One confident stride after another pushed him out across the ice until he wheeled sharply , shedding a spume of flakes at his feet . |
| 21 | The mare will look after the foal until he 's at least five weeks old and then he 'll be weaned off in the natural way . |
| 22 | He closed the door behind him and walked slowly down the corridor until he reached the top of the marble staircase , passing his own office and Pat Muldoon 's without wishing to take a last look . |
| 23 | He entered the next carriage , his hand gripped tightly around the railing , and moved slowly down the corridor until he reached his own compartment . |
| 24 | After his four year ‘ probation ’ he became a circuit superintendent and served the Connexion until he was ‘ superannuated ’ in 1919 . |
| 25 | Well , Yon Yonson took to drink and stayed in the pub until he 'd drunk up most of his grant . |
| 26 | He made his way carefully down the hall until he reached the lounge . |
| 27 | Afterwards , Beth would choose a story , and Cissie would read it to the boy until he fell asleep . |
| 28 | If a motor vehicle is stationary when the accident occurs the driver must remain at the scene until he has satisfied the section . |
| 29 | If travelling in a car , you might stop for a few minutes as a penalty , refusing to speak to the child until he behaves . |
| 30 | He moved towards the first Apache , holding his drink , his elbow sliding along the edge of the bar until he was right next to the Apache . |