Example sentences of "up until it " in BNC.

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1 It 's a case of pushing the float up until it holds and does n't drag under .
2 Gazzer 's head was wrenched up until it crashed into the back of the seat .
3 The squadrons were in a state of perpetual motion with ops first being on and then off , orders being issued and then countermanded , and the pressure and suspense built up until it was almost unbearable .
4 The injured limb swells up until it looks like the leg of an elephant .
5 They 're using all this technology now to get the same sounds we used to get by turning up until it distorted .
6 Take this surface up until it links with the flue back
7 Anglo-Welsh was a relatively new consortium of previously independent regional breweries put together during the later 1970s by a shrewd and aggressive operator named K. Midas , who made no secret of his ambition to build it up until it rivalled the major national breweries .
8 The fire was caused by an employee of the defendants negligently forgetting to extinguish a gas flame under a chip fryer before leaving the premises for the night , with the result that the oil in the chip fryer continued to heat up until it caught fire .
9 You let the temperature come up until it reaches the boiling point
10 After breakfast , we go back to our rooms and get locked up until it 's time for dinner .
11 In the initial stage , Fig. 8. 18A , breaking waves excavate material from the sea floor and form a submarine bar , which is slowly built up until it appears above sea level ( Fig. 8.18B ) .
12 On top of this a generous layer of washed pebbles or cobbles is placed and the pump outlet drawn up until it is at the surface of the stones .
13 Place a jar underneath to hold it up until it dries .
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