Example sentences of "his [noun pl] until [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He grabbed greedily at her full breasts with both hands , squeezing them fiercely , but their plump oiliness just slipped through his fingers until she was free . |
| 2 | The office gossip was that his wife insisted that he wore his suits until they fell apart . |
| 3 | Secrett has refused to comment on his plans until he takes up the post . |
| 4 | They replied that Edmund left no claim to his brothers and had wanted Cnut to support and protect his sons until they were old enough to rule , and they also swore that they wished to elect Cnut king , humbly obey him , and pay tribute to his army . |
| 5 | Florence further says that witnesses of the agreement later declared that Edmund left no portion of the kingdom to his brothers should he die , and agreed that Cnut should be the protector of his sons until they came of age . |
| 6 | Nothing is known about his activities until he was authorized , by Elizabeth I 's signet of 8 July 1563 , to prospect for minerals in England , which he did during that summer . |
| 7 | He was a hard , yet scrupulously fair person to staff and players and he remained constant in his attitudes until he died . ’ |
| 8 | Rent and Norfolk now deserted Lancaster and accused him of sedition , and the king ordered the confiscation of all his property and the property of his supporters until they submitted unconditionally . |
| 9 | When he was satisfied no fresh threat was about to manifest itself from the darkness , he moved off back the way he had come , retracing his steps until he reached the shallow stream he had leapt a short time before . |
| 10 | His earlier gentleness drained away swiftly until his hands were heated , his mouth fierce as he claimed her breasts , and her wild cries only served to increase his demands until she was shaking in his arms . |
| 11 | I could read ‘ Nike ’ quite clearly on his trainers until they disappeared one after the other into the Shogun . |
| 12 | TACKLING your opponent very hard and then lifting him up with your hands under his armpits and pulling his hairs until he is screaming blue murder — and you say to the referee ‘ Well , I 'm only trying to help him ! ’ |
| 13 | Then he had dashed back inside and curled up in his seat with his hands covering his ears until she came to take him home . |
| 14 | Dorcas fumbled in his pockets until he found a stub of pencil lead . |
| 15 | Because as I ask him some question about women , wine or wit Dudley Moore is busy chewing his nails until they might well bleed , it does n't seem too rude to mention the ends of his fingertips . |
| 16 | Nathaniel was the favourite son , fair-haired and blue-eyed , and his sister Annie , my grandmother , kept a lock of his curls until she died . |
| 17 | They 'd have burnt his bones until they were cinders . " |
| 18 | He crumples the paper , pretends to put it in his mouth , then billows his cheeks until he regurgitates tiny pieces all over his chest . |
| 19 | With the final instruction that Thoth was to cover his tracks until he contacted it from Gaiah , the new Ewan bid a mournful farewell to the facility that had become his home , and stepped out into the walkways of the base . |
| 20 | ‘ If you do find the murderer , Robert , do n't stop him in his tracks until he has seen off the Colonel . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | His tongue flicked against hers , exploring the softness of her mouth , while he massaged her breasts with his hands , rubbing the nipples with his thumbs until she wanted to collapse with the exquisite pleasure shooting through her . |
| 23 | The male , which senses her hum through his long feathered antennae , does not unfurl his wings until he is sexually mature . |
| 24 | Earlier this week , Salako had surgery in the US on the same knee which kept him out for most of last season and Palace are set to demand the FA pay his wages until he is fit again . |
| 25 | He scrubbed his hands until they were nearly raw . |
| 26 | Slowly he raised his hands until they were above waist level , and turned the palms outward to show that he was unarmed . |
| 27 | The fourth series ( starting on Wednesday , BBC1 , 4.35pm ) covers plenty of ground quizzing people about relationships , models about their looks and one teenager with an obsession that led him to wash his hands until they bled . |
| 28 | Colin covered his eyes with his hands until he was inside the four high walls , and the door was shut again . |
| 29 | She felt her hand being placed against his cheek , and then his lips pressing kisses upon it ; she pulled his hand back , and casting all caution to the winds pressed his palm to her own lips , fondling it , examining the scratched and chisel scars on his knuckles until he wanted her hand back again — and the manner in which they took it in turns to kiss hands through the wall became a competition between them to see who could demonstrate the greatest fondness , a competition that Jennifer was now desperate to win because all her instincts were telling her that Tristram was the only man she could ever love , and that through him lay her path to freedom and independence . |
| 30 | Thomas Cranmer was living there with two of his pupils until it was safe to return to Cambridge , where he was a Fellow of Jesus College . |