Example sentences of "[adv] until it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The iceberg was 155 km long until it broke up last year . |
| 2 | The rest came from increasing the electricity supply only until it met specific development needs . |
| 3 | Later in the twelfth century Vladimir became the capital and leading city of the area and continued so until it succumbed to the Tartars . |
| 4 | ‘ The means of accomplishing these points did not immediately present themselves : but early in 1765 it occurred to me that , if a communication were opened between a cylinder containing steam and another vessel which was exhausted of air and other fluids , would immediately rush into the empty vessel , and continue to do so until it had established an equilibrium : and if that vessel were kept cool by an injection , or otherwise , more steam would continue to enter until the whole was condensed ’ . |
| 5 | It seemed bigger than the sun and it sailed with a peculiar swiftness up into the heavens , growing paler and brighter as it did so until it lit up the plain with a dull , yellow light . |
| 6 | His parents kept it spick and span , but when they died , he lived there alone until it went to rack and ruin . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The jharo flared through the darkness , twisting and somersaulting , spiralling down until it landed in the village square , flickered momentarily , then died . |
| 9 | He followed the bomber down until it dived into the sea off Filfla , three survivors being seen in the water . |
| 10 | People used to believe ( permit me this , one last one ) that once you activated the Capellan drive it could never be entirely deactivated again , not until it suffered ruin or physical destruction . |
| 11 | Not until it fell away , sloughed off like a dead skin . |
| 12 | Not until it stepped forward and Bella 's voice said , ‘ Jinny ! ’ |
| 13 | He spoke the truth but not until it had been subjected to the most stringent test — himself ! |
| 14 | But we could n't go ashore until it got better ad then we went round the cape after and down into Aberdeen see . |
| 15 | He used to give me an hours warning and then we 'd work through until it got dark out in the fields and then we 'd go into the sheds and restack the hay or whatever he wanted to do . |
| 16 | The final alignment began at Haifa Bay , passed overland through the Jezreel and Bet Shean Valleys , and followed the Jordan Rift Valley southwards until it reached the northern shore of the Dead Sea . |
| 17 | Duregar 's army moved steadily southwards until it reached the eastern entrance to Death Pass . |
| 18 | The full sized engine would then have been worked on until it became feasible to exploit steam engines commercially . |
| 19 | ‘ … and moreover the most gallant gentleman of the realm , and this went on until it resulted in a divorce , and after a second marriage , which was likewise unhappy , she entered the married estate for the third time with a common tar , with whom , though he abused her daily , she herself said that she lived in much greater content than in her first marriage . |
| 20 | But the Escort did n't stop , it came on until it blocked the road completely and before I could react , my door had been pulled open and a warrant card thrust in my face . |
| 21 | After his return to the ward Mr Reynolds ' temperature rose slowly until it reached 37 C. On the first post-operative morning his temperature was above normal limits ( 37.8 C ) . |
| 22 | Furious , Wilson went down into the freezing kitchen , where the well banked-up fire had not quite died down , and poked it vigorously until it began to burn up . |
| 23 | My weight settled back on the earth and I felt nothing but staggering agony and could n't think connectedly until it abated . |
| 24 | It came nearer still until it saw him . |
| 25 | Now the eighteen-forties sees the development of manufacturing process , clothes are getting easier and easier to make , cheaper and cheaper , so fashion is changing faster because people can afford to , whereas in earlier times , if you wore a woollen dress , it had been you know , you know , somebody had done the sheep for you , had spun the wool and woven the wool and you were damned if you were going to take this dress off until it fell to pieces round you . |
| 26 | The rain fell incessantly until it seemed they travelled through sheets of water , the old cobbled road turned into a muddy mire , sometimes dangerous with potholes , where a man could plunge waist deep in water . |
| 27 | ‘ At one time you had to box straight until it ended . |
| 28 | The Russian right flank guard was , in any event , beaten and fell into retreat southward until it reached Olschienen and Wallen , more than 32km/20mls away . |
| 29 | ‘ Then the mist came nearer until it reached a man and an eagle and before her eyes they turned to stone and were raised up as a single standing stone , to point up into the sky . |
| 30 | ‘ Edited versions could be played repeatedly until it had been successfully eavesdropped . ’ |