Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] until it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It continued to lose weight until it caught the attentioin of a neighbour who reported to the RSPCA that winter . |
| 2 | We allowed our gaze to wander south until it lighted upon the bulk of Ancohuma 's eastern slopes , a face we knew nothing of on a mountain that had only just entered our lives . |
| 3 | The second solution , which contains hydrogen peroxide , is stabilised so that it will not liberate oxygen until it comes into contact with an alkali . |
| 4 | If the market were weak , the authorities intended simply to withdraw rather than give support until it strengthened again , when gilt-edged sales would be resumed . |
| 5 | The draft constitution had been submitted to the House of Representatives on June 4 [ see p. 38278 ] but could not become law until it had been approved by referendum , according to President Joseph Momoh . |
| 6 | Whichever way word- processing is used it gives learners the means of refining text until it satisfies them . |
| 7 | Others followed suit until it became standard practice in the group . |
| 8 | no amendment shall have effect until it has been approved by the Inland Revenue . |
| 9 | A spokeswoman for the Ombudsman 's office said the draft report was still in the hands of the DTI and that publication could not take place until it had been returned . |
| 10 | New : Take the path leftwards to cross Dungeon Ghyll and follow the steeply rising , zigzagging path until it levels off . |
| 11 | The fraction of the file in overflow did not markedly affect performance until it reached 30 per cent of the total file ; the only exception was the ICL fourteen-record bucket file , which began to perform worse as soon as additions were made . |
| 12 | If people believe that the pound is likely to appreciate , they will want to hold sterling until it does appreciate . |
| 13 | The disk is not allowed access until it has been validated with the Disknet check program . |
| 14 | The disk is not allowed access until it has been validated with the Disknet check program . |
| 15 | Surely he felt a modicum of frustration watching the black youth movie take shape until it looked like Juice was an afterthought to Boyz N The Hood . |
| 16 | Increase heat until it turns a golden caramel . |
| 17 | I kept just killing time until it had gone eleven o'clock and all the cinema-goers had gone in for the late shows , at which point I decided to call it a day . |