Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] until it [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the water which infiltrates into the soil , some is taken up by vegetation and is transpired and the rest either flows down-slope through the soil as interflow or throughflow until it reaches a stream channel , or sinks through the soil to become part of the groundwater . |
| 2 | It was shimmering , incandescent , as the colours deepened and the long blue-black tail unfurled and stiffened until it gained the strength to fly . |
| 3 | These grow and mature until it becomes a flower , a tree , a tiger or a human being — or whatever it is destined to become — depending on the characteristics transmitted to it through its inherited material , the genes , which are grouped together in its chromosomes . |
| 4 | Make a cast of this with a suitable filler , remove it from the mould when set , and clean it with a file and glasspaper until it matches the original moulding . |
| 5 | Now I sat beside her and watched as the cloth was folded and refolded until it became a nubin . |
| 6 | What happens is this : the heron selects its bait , walks to the water 's edge and waits until it spots a fish . |
| 7 | It grew with the power it was picking up , grew and grew until it filled the cave . |