Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adv] until it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … imagine a fairy chain stretched from mountain peak to mountain peak , as far as the eye could reach , and paid out until it touched the ‘ high places ’ of the earth at a number of ridges , banks , and knowls . |
| 2 | Like a forest fire , it started from the individual and grew outwards until it enveloped the whole area of monastic patrons and friends and dependants . |
| 3 | During a violent storm it broke away and drifted westwards until it hit land on the barren headland of San Quentin . |
| 4 | Later in the twelfth century Vladimir became the capital and leading city of the area and continued so until it succumbed to the Tartars . |
| 5 | Thinly washed colour was applied , then blended with the brush and pushed around until it felt right . |