Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [noun] until it " in BNC.

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1 Sunil would not buy the place until it had been done .
2 Better to gamble that a private collector would keep the car until it became rare enough to warrant accepting it , if it were offered later .
3 One can not reconcile the calculation until it is realised that a clad score equals 21 , and the treatment of fractions of a penny is individual .
4 On Oct. 10 the bank 's governor , José Tavares Moreira , announced that Portugal would not enter the ERM until it was clear that inflation was in decline ; it was understood that a level of around 7-8 per cent would be acceptable .
5 Curry soup would hide the taste until it was too late .
6 I must confess I gobbled the meat down and I did n't notice the bone until it was too late .
7 Difficulties over timing are normally resolved by the respective lawyers giving appropriate undertakings , particularly if the chargee will not release the charge until it has received part of the sale proceeds .
8 The Conservatives would continue to commercialise and privatise the NHS until it is run as just another business .
9 But last night , JKNLF leaders in Pakistan , where the movement maintains its headquarters in exile , said they would postpone the execution until it became ‘ unavoidable ’ .
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