Example sentences of "was until " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is strongly SDP , or at least was until its virtual demise . |
| 2 | I did not appreciate how beautiful the countryside was until I was much older . |
| 3 | Tug had forgotten what day it was until he heard the bells . |
| 4 | Dimly he saw that she was holding something , but he did not realize what it was until she spoke again . |
| 5 | I could never tell how good the ground was until I had tried the wheelbarrow on it . |
| 6 | As trite as it sounds , I had forgotten what greenness was until I saw those palms . |
| 7 | But that was until she met her Johnny ( and that was his christian name ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I did n't even know what it was until I got to the studio . ’ |
| 10 | I just did n't know it was as much of a tribute as it was until I was told … rather abruptly ! |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She was unaware how long she remained where she was until coldness forced her to look at her watch . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | That was until she spoke . |
| 15 | 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 ! |
| 16 | At least , Bob was until the Surf Nazis got him . |
| 17 | But they did not realise how serious it was until Daniel was born . |
| 18 | That was until I met this fellow Johnson and we went to Kyrle Hall . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | That was until he saw what was on the front page . |
| 21 | There I was until I was seventeen , to emerge improbably as an existentialist . |
| 22 | That was until Sir Clive Sinclair adopted the system for the ZX Printer , a dedicated peripheral for the ZX 81 and ZX Spectrum . |
| 23 | Even by daylight we could not tell who he was until Cadfael turned up the whole side of his face to the light . |
| 24 | If you can show me plainly where Tutilo was until past that hour , we may strike him from the roll and forget him . ’ |
| 25 | It made her eyes water but she stayed where she was until the saucepan was full , then tried to douse the flames . |
| 26 | ‘ I did n't realise how worried I was until I stopped worrying . |
| 27 | She decided to remain where she was until she could be sure of what she would find outside the closed front door . |
| 28 | When I bought her as a young heifer , a friend went on and on about how small she was until I wondered if I was going to have a beast left at all by the time she had finished . |
| 29 | Dazzled by the evening sun the people in the garden could not see into the sitting room and had no idea who Rain 's visitor was until Wickham joined them . |
| 30 | It would have been sensible to stay where I was until daylight , but that was the one thing I was determined not to do . |