Example sentences of "it until [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had a slight operation and er I did n't know about it until today so erm er Paul 's going to offer him our good wishes and we 're going to be , I 'm told he 's home again and it 's , it 's only quite a minor operation and he 's quite well and that er hopefully will be back again next week . |
| 2 | For example , despite the prevalence of coinage in ancient Greece , one of the great powers , Sparta , did not adopt it until well after the heyday of Spartan power . |
| 3 | On a normal day at home , he is given his breakfast , which he may or may not eat depending on his mood and Trish then rides him , unless she is competing in the evening , when she delays it until later . |
| 4 | ( The resignation was announced about 2.30 p.m. , but Beattie did not hear about it until later . ) |
| 5 | ‘ No , I knew nothing about it until later . ’ |
| 6 | Returning to her office , she wondered if she should phone Bridget , but decided to leave it until later in the day : the first-years would be arriving at Bridget 's college in the middle of the week , and her friend would be as tied up as Loretta had been the week before . |
| 7 | I did n't notice it until later on |
| 8 | Twiceover Micky will be there , for I know he likes it , leaving it until tomorrow night to preside over the first night of The Hamburg Ballet , one of the great ballet companies of the world , which he has sold his soul and what else only his God knows to cajole to Belfast , its first-ever visit to these islands . |
| 9 | ‘ Look , do you think you could leave it until tomorrow ? |
| 10 | Leave it until tomorrow I 'll do it , we 'll do it tomorrow |
| 11 | ca n't you leave some of it until tomorrow morning ? |
| 12 | But somehow she never saw it until afterwards … |
| 13 | Put the cheque in the mail today with that date on it and I 'll hold it until then before banking it . ’ |
| 14 | There was a zooming motor race on and Maxim simply had n't even heard it until then . |
| 15 | His mother had never mentioned it until now but he had heard from Mr Natchet , the postman , it was a place where they taught you things you did n't want to know . |
| 16 | ‘ He said : his grandfather always talked about the little people , but he never believed it until now . |
| 17 | She had never missed it until now . |
| 18 | She had not realised it until now . |
| 19 | He 'd never mentioned it to her and she had not even thought about it until now , but therein lay her escape . |
| 20 | Odd , I 've not noticed it until now , and of course the boys never tell me anything . |
| 21 | Emmie had forgotten about it until now . |
| 22 | It really was a bit much , she thought , to leave it until now to make trouble about the course . |
| 23 | She had completely forgotten about it until now . |
| 24 | I did n't get it until very recently , as I was travelling . |
| 25 | Although a few continued with it until recently , it is used today only occasionally . |
| 26 | Anne had to admit that she had never called the League a tiger , toothless or otherwise , and had known nothing of it until recently . |
| 27 | But the Palace has always refused to admit it until yesterday . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't realize it until yesterday , but Georgina has a personal stake in Yorick 's success . |
| 29 | During the first half of the 16th century , the mill passed through a number of hands before being sold by John Sandford to the Clutterbuck family , who owned and worked it until fairly late in the 18th century . |