Example sentences of "[noun sg] until he [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The general opinion seems to be that since the bastard 's decided to stop shooting people , he can remain anonymous , stay at large , enjoy life and freedom , and laugh up his sleeve at an incompetent police force until he decides the time has come for a little more high-velocity fun . ’ |
| 2 | My son was having trouble selling his car until he put a newly-worded advert in the local paper : ‘ … extortionately priced at £1,100 but I relish a good argument ! ’ |
| 3 | Did they take him there sober and ply him with booze until he reached the point specified by the director ? |
| 4 | It seemed to Creggan that she was surrounded by a powerful diffused light until he saw the mist was thinning and the sun beginning to shine . |
| 5 | As the sun was rising the next morning , Gabriel waited outside his hut until he saw the young woman riding up the hill . |
| 6 | In February it was unanimously agreed that Sir Denys should continue as boss until he reached the retirement age of 62 , making him the longest-serving chairman since Sir Paul Chambers , who ran — and dominated — the company from 1960 to 1968 . |
| 7 | Her therapist had , naturally , put it to her that she had married her first husband just because he resembled her father , but Scarlet had rejected the suggestion quite emphatically : he had been a quiet , timorous boy until he discovered the excitement of chasing women , and he had not been artistic at all . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He made his way carefully down the hall until he reached the lounge . |
| 10 | He suspected everyone around him of that incompetence until he had a contrary situation proved to him . |
| 11 | His hand moved to her skirt and began to push the material upwards against her thigh until he reached the smooth flesh of her stomach . |
| 12 | Wrexham 's Chris Platt was well in contention until he had a triple bogey seven at the 17th where he put his tee shot into bushes and trouble . |
| 13 | Mr Telford , who took redundancy from Markham Main four years ago , was out of work until he got a job at Rossington colliery , Doncaster . |
| 14 | Tavett crouched over his desk until he felt the swish of air as the woman passed by , purple and pink cotton skirts flapping . |
| 15 | He scrabbled angrily among the papers and galleys on his desk until he found the copy pad , and wrote on it : ‘ Morley stpd lttle prck . |
| 16 | He makes good progress until he reaches the cornice , which promptly rejects him in a cascade of cold , powdery ice . |
| 17 | In these circumstances , the Computex distribution manager decided to withhold payment until he received a satisfactory explanation of the late delivery in Belfast . |
| 18 | He crawled along the branch until he reached the nearest flower . |
| 19 | The old Minpin climbed out of his window and walked straight down the big steeply sloping branch , then up another branch until he found a place only a few inches from Little Billy 's face . |
| 20 | A hundred yards further on , he turns down Coney Lane , passes Shopfix , Atkinson Insulation , Bitomark , then runs alongside the railings that fence the Pringle site until he reaches the main entrance . |
| 21 | The give-us-our trough back campaign is threatening to organise a protest march every week but Councillor Smith says he wo n't even discuss moving the trough until he receives a full apology from his accusers . |
| 22 | WEIGHT ON HIS MIND : Paul Merson ( left ) has a fat chance of making George Graham 's Arsenal team until he sheds a few pounds |
| 23 | Just half-an-hour until he began the mission . |
| 24 | He went over to the spot where Allen had hidden , ‘ … and then moved from tree to tree until he reached the path about twenty paces ahead . |
| 25 | He ran his hand over the parquet flooring until he found the area he wanted . |
| 26 | James mentioned that he had never understood why people went on strike until he became a wage-earner . |
| 27 | But her own perspective was different : Durance had told Joseph that Leary was living nearby but Joseph had done nothing about contacting his old friend until he needed an alibi for the night of the murder . |
| 28 | He sat up all night and into the next day until he heard a soft mewling sound like a kitten and knew that the child had been safely delivered after all that pain . |
| 29 | Isabel needed his protection as far as Winchester , and if he did n't have those answers before they arrived he would keep her under restraint until he unlocked every secret she possessed . |
| 30 | In searching for question 7 for example , the examiner must open the book fully at each page until he spots the small number 7 almost tucked into the binding . |