Example sentences of "[was/were] until " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or they were until the potato failed ; turned black and rotten and stinking with corruption , so that they killed the pigs and the people got fever . |
| 2 | She had never known what love and tenderness were until she met her Aunty Lizzie , and she knew that no one in the world would ever love her like that woman did ; nor would she love anyone else . |
| 3 | The wireless station operators came out , but had no idea who Alcock and Brown were until Jack told them . |
| 4 | ‘ My students did n't know what phrasal verbs were until they discovered Streamline Directions Workbook ! ’ |
| 5 | Therefore , next time they spawned I left the eggs where they were until I had a new tank prepared for the adults . |
| 6 | I had n't realised how bad things were until the children were playing some complex fairy-tale game . |
| 7 | In fact there were very few guide dogs at that time and erm I 've never felt that erm it 's , I mean maybe just my erm silliness really but I , I never wanted a dog lying about all day because once at the office I stayed put as it were until it was time to go home and I could have taken the dog I suppose during the lunch hour but I preferred that time to erm to reading |
| 8 | I think that often people did n't realise how tired and desperate they were until they 'd sat with her for a while . |
| 9 | I do n't think I 'd like to say that there were until they 've had the chance to find out . |
| 10 | He is strongly SDP , or at least was until its virtual demise . |
| 11 | I did not appreciate how beautiful the countryside was until I was much older . |
| 12 | Tug had forgotten what day it was until he heard the bells . |
| 13 | Dimly he saw that she was holding something , but he did not realize what it was until she spoke again . |
| 14 | I could never tell how good the ground was until I had tried the wheelbarrow on it . |
| 15 | As trite as it sounds , I had forgotten what greenness was until I saw those palms . |
| 16 | But that was until she met her Johnny ( and that was his christian name ) . |
| 17 | And you will never discover how serious it was until the stakes are raised horribly high ; until you find that you are playing not for counters or sixpences but for every penny you have in the world . |
| 18 | I did n't even know what it was until I got to the studio . ’ |
| 19 | I just did n't know it was as much of a tribute as it was until I was told … rather abruptly ! |
| 20 | As I do not really wish to purchase a new knitting machine until I have a ‘ practise ’ run I was really pleased , that was until I found out it was no longer available . |
| 21 | She was unaware how long she remained where she was until coldness forced her to look at her watch . |
| 22 | I 'm going to tell you right away that , although I was n't a virgin when we married , I was until I left the train with Ludovico . |
| 23 | That was until she spoke . |
| 24 | Lindsey used Bravo Golf from the time of its purchase in 1967 until 1973 as the family transport , that was until he had a visit from the Airshow Coordinator at RAF Finningley in 1973 who asked him if he would like to be shot down by a Spitfire and Hurricane at the Battle of Britain airshow that year ! |
| 25 | At least , Bob was until the Surf Nazis got him . |
| 26 | But they did not realise how serious it was until Daniel was born . |
| 27 | That was until I met this fellow Johnson and we went to Kyrle Hall . |
| 28 | Well er I was saying er we , we went to the the cottage by the Sir Robert Peel and that , that was our final headquarters , that was where we was until the Home Guard was stood down . |
| 29 | That was until he saw what was on the front page . |
| 30 | There I was until I was seventeen , to emerge improbably as an existentialist . |