Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] until it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 If a company does not pay a supplier 's bill on time it has the use of that money until it does so .
2 If a company does not pay a supplier 's bill on time it has the use of that money until it does so .
3 Whisk the evaporated milk until it thickens , then fold into the chocolate mixture with the orange rind .
4 Gaynor Harris and her husband Charles Bullworthy have purchased the Southampton office , which Ms Harris set up in 1980 and ran as a sole practice until it merged with A E Hook & Co , an old established firm on the Isle of Wight .
5 heat this mixture over a low flame until it melts , stirring well .
6 The back avenue was a secondary way from the house , only as wide as a street , it ran between a shrubbery and a park-like field until it reached the farmyard wall .
7 If you get it right , the model will maintain constant height , with reducing airspeed and increasingly nose high attitude until it stops .
8 ‘ Julie ’ is a classy acoustic rumble until it breaks into a Highland swing midway through when Callum Williams adds the skirl of the pipes .
9 He undressed her with care ; slipping the loose silk dress from her shoulders , and helping it down her slim body until it fell in a circle around her feet .
10 He has been stonewalling throughout the whole month since Lamb told the world , through the Daily Mirror , how the Pakistanis scuff and scrape and scoop at an old ball until it swings as though it was factory fresh .
11 Great care should be taken with the rock in this area until it has all washed clean and settled down again .
12 The United Nations has suspended the Somali peace talks in the Ethiopian capital until it has details of the fighting in Kismayu between militia forces of Mohamed Said Hersi , known as Gen Morgan , and Ahmed Omar Jess .
13 There was nothing to recommend preserving the old Government until it had been formally defeated at Westminster .
14 Blend together and gradually add the roe alternately with about 300ml/½ pint of olive oil until it forms a thick paste .
15 Their basic proposition was that we tend to organise and simplify incoming information until it makes a satisfying pattern .
16 If the corners are fixed and immoveable , then the square will appear to maintain its rigid shape until it bursts .
17 It continued to produce cloth for some time until it closed .
18 ‘ I 'm tired … do n't want a wash , ’ he mumbled , leaning his small sturdy figure against her , and twisting both hands into his dark hair until it made a tangled mass .
19 Then thrust your kicking foot until it travels in a straight line .
20 After a hasty shower , she chose pleat-waisted tan cords and a cream checked shirt , knotted a thick Aran sweater round her neck and brushed her hair with suppressed violence until it shone in a red-gold cloud down her back .
21 Once she was inside his trousers , her slim fingers caressed his sleeping organ until it jumped in her hand as if it had been bitten .
22 ‘ That path 's in a very dangerous state until it dries out properly .
23 The fineness of the gold began a gentle decline through the tenth century to about 90 per cent , and debasement accelerated during the following century until it took a sudden nosedive in the two decades between 1071 and 1092 , falling from about 70 per cent to a mere 10 per cent .
24 She felt as fragile and foolish as a moth that beat itself against the hot glass of an electric bulb until it fell burned and spent , in its desperate doomed quest for the light .
25 Our concern is rather to break away from the stale confrontation of reason and spontaneity which has persisted since the Romantic Movement , to invite the man of reason to admit that he never has had any ends which did not spring from his own spontaneity , and the intuitive and impulsive that no insight that flashes from theirs can be acknowledged as objective truth until it survives the ruthless justice of reason .
26 Reports suggested that senior figures in the ANC had sought to prevent a top-level meeting until it appeared that a cessation of violence could not be brought about by any other means .
27 I will grow my hair out to its natural colour until it falls long and lank about my shoulders , allow my skin to fade to a startling winter white .
28 Sentimental as ever , the English refrain from slaughtering the little tablefare until it has developed a taste for grass .
29 Practice breathing in this way for twenty minutes each day until it becomes second nature .
30 Will my right hon. Friend undertake to withdraw all Government funding for that organisation until it sends a clear message to young people about drugs — ’ No , no , and no ’ ?
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