Example sentences of "[vb infin] [indef pn] until [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will do nothing until you call for us . |
| 2 | Let represents permission as non-intervention , i.e. as not obstructing the accomplishment of the event expressed by the infinitive , and so the letting can not be conceived as coming before the event permitted ( indeed one can not say that one has let someone do something until they have actually done it ) . |
| 3 | But you do n't do anybody until they 've be here for six months . |
| 4 | ‘ But we can not do anything until we know what will be expected of football clubs in the future in terms of all-seater grounds or any other issues . |
| 5 | We ca n't do anything until we get back . ’ |
| 6 | But we ca n't do anything until I 've spoken to Langley . ’ |
| 7 | It 'll only , it 'll be over on , over on Saturday , I 'll have , once I 've seen Pauline , I 'm gon na , I 'm gon na get , get in touch with her on Saturday then I 'll get my geography project done , I ca n't do anything until I 've got this , bloody project out the way , can I ? |
| 8 | Well sh she practi she 's that worried anyway cos erm I said to him well I wo n't do anything until I 've spoken to Geoff , I 'll go out |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose we should n't touch anything until they get here , ’ said Oliver . |
| 10 | Pascal warned that ‘ hearsay is so far from being a criterion of belief that you should not believe anything until you have put yourself into the same state as if you had never heard it . ’ |
| 11 | Do n't celebrate anything until you 've read our guide to party etiquette . |
| 12 | He said yesterday : ‘ I wo n't decide anything until I get Newcastle 's offer and also see what 's happening with the boss . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It is , of course , only a suspicion and I 'm sure you will say nothing until we know for certain . |
| 14 | ‘ If I enter the room when she 's talking to Carrie or my ma , she 'll simply dry up and say nothing until I 've left . |
| 15 | We ca n't say anything until we know more . |
| 16 | ‘ Seriously you know I ca n't say anything until I 've spoken to my mother . ’ |