Example sentences of "until they [vb past] [coord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he came at week-ends he played with them vigorously , until they screamed and wept with over-excitement . |
| 2 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 3 | Then I sat in the sand and kicked at the r of Oliver until they came and rescued me . |
| 4 | She nodded to her image , determined , her hands smoothing her flanks , moving slowly upward until they cupped and held her breasts , her nipples rising until they stood out rigidly . |
| 5 | My presence disturbed them and they flew screaming about me for many minutes until they tired and began to settle on the dark water . |
| 6 | They would let them stay on until they married and got farms of their own , because , perhaps , their own home circumstances would not be very good . |
| 7 | They were n't like other infantry , drilled to stand in line and fight until they fell or fled , but skirmishers , men of judgment and initiative , who had to decide for themselves when to fire , advance , retreat , surrender , or die . |
| 8 | The boards turned and swooped away , their gaudy sails flashing across the lough until they dwindled and merged with others by Buncrana . |
| 9 | I waited until they stopped and said ; ‘ Porteneil 531 . ’ |
| 10 | Then again they would just stand there , or squat down in the shade of a sand hill , their eyes fixed on the two endless parallels , following them out until they joined and lost themselves in the bush . |