Example sentences of "[noun pl] until it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He writes : ‘ It may be that when we ‘ invent ’ the past , especially the lived past , we serve our self esteem by creating an idealized image of our experience , holding it in our heads until it yields measures of virtue' . |
| 2 | Information is also collected about the quality of teaching received , and although this has not yet been formally used in allocating money , one department did have part of its grant withheld for several months until it introduced clear teaching objectives . |
| 3 | Indeed , it had even baulked over the European Payments Union for five months until it gained complete assurance that it would still be able to retain sole control over sterling as an international reserve currency . |
| 4 | The acquirer should refuse finally to settle the terms of the warranties until it has seen the disclosure letter and disclosure material . |
| 5 | For a long moment he held her tightly against him as if he was afraid she might try to elude him , then when he seemed sure of her his hands encircled her waist , moulded her hips and moved upwards , unbuttoning her shirt , pulling it from the waistband of her jeans , then slipping it from her shoulders until it fell to the floor . |
| 6 | The low vaulted roof stretched for some forty feet until it met the blank wall at the far end . |
| 7 | Repeatedly doing this will move the cursor through all of the blank lines until it reaches the maximum . |
| 8 | To accomplish this , the spirit has to wander old cemeteries until it finds a human skull , put it on its head and then turn to the North Star . |
| 9 | They were therefore leaving it exposed to the elements until it reached the point where ministers decided it was a waste of time and money to restore it . |
| 10 | It is therefore idle for a British government to start telling managers how to run their companies until it has itself learned how to carry out its own duty to maintain a sound and stable currency . |
| 11 | What 's more , he had also learned that he must ignore the first playing of the tune , and wait 15 minutes until it played again at the end of the programme — the dog would look up quizzically at the sound of the familiar music but stay still , apparently too smart to respond to an obvious false alarm . |
| 12 | Well I ai n't doing sort of I ai n't doing nothing sixteen minutes until it gets back . |
| 13 | TAKE a piece of fish , cook for 20 minutes until it has a wood-like texture , marinate for two days in soy sauce and sesame oil , then serve . |
| 14 | Continue to fry with the onion for a couple of minutes until it begins to absorb the oil . |
| 15 | This was built for United Air Lines as DC-3A-197B NC 18942 in April 1948 and served with series of US operators until it found itself in the Sudan ( as N8044 ) in 1976 , before going to South Africa and joining Caprivi Airways in 1978 as ZS-KEX . |
| 16 | He surmised that every bird possesses a form of template upon which it tries different notes until it finds the correct ones . |
| 17 | ‘ But I 'm totally untechnical ; my theory in the studio is ‘ turn the knobs until it sounds good ’ . |
| 18 | Actors learn them off by heart and then they rehearse them masses and masses of times until it sounds as if they 've just thought of them . ’ |
| 19 | This continues with the ‘ shark ’ saying different times until it says ‘ dinner time ’ . |
| 20 | It then works its way back through all the calls until it has completed the final multiplication , when it returns the answer . |
| 21 | It is initially flanked to the north by the church and to the south by gault-brick houses until it reaches the shop building ( now an office ) at No 9 ; it then changes character dramatically becoming lined with gaily colour-washed Victorian terraced houses , reached by short flights of stone steps with iron balustrades and usually bright with flowers and shrubs . |
| 22 | When the river is nearing low ebb , vast stretches of sand are laid bare , but channels of grey brown water of varying widths and depths continue to rush out between the sand formations until it meets the next tide coming in , twelve hours later . |
| 23 | The noise from below battered her eardrums until it felt as if a high-speed train was roaring through her head . |
| 24 | The Government should halt the issue of licences to build further gas-powered stations until it has been demonstrated that they do produce cheaper electricity . |
| 25 | Naturally enough , the new , faster , mode of transport acted to reduce trade rather than to increase it and the mill suffered declining fortunes until it ceased to operate as a flour mill shortly after World War II . |
| 26 | Below us , the pale grey shape of a quartering male hen harrier flew back and forth over reed beds until it spied prey — and on an instant dropped to the ground . |
| 27 | They became increasingly sleepy for the first four days until it became almost impossible for the experimenters to keep them awake . |
| 28 | Stravinsky had started composing Les Noces before 1913 and often played it toDiaghilev , gradually simplifying his ideas until it became the present cantata for voices , four pianos and percussion . |
| 29 | A single budded standard , or a double where one has failed , can look distinctly lop-sided for the first few years until it has had time to develop — this is the sort of stuff you have to watch out for in the cheap ‘ end of season nursery clearance sales ’ and street markets . |
| 30 | Although you will not be able to take your puppy out for a walk in public places until it has completed its course of inoculation , at about 12 weeks old , the intervening weeks up to this point will be useful in familiarizing the dog with walking on a leash . |