Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] until it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I put my purchases on the sliding counter he kept patting the inside of my thigh until it drove me to desperation . |
| 2 | Other hands tightened my blindfold until it hurt and started fitting a cloth over my mouth . |
| 3 | At first , close up , it seems very dirty and sullen and yet dignified , large and powerful in its presence until it becomes loud , hurrying up and down the tracks with a frenzied passion , and then , just as we see it disappearing beyond the horizon it seems like a far off star or ‘ comet ’ silently entering another world . |
| 4 | How can an electorate be expected to make up its mind until it has seen all the smears ? |
| 5 | With his free hand he pulled at the cheap cloth of her blouse until it slipped from her shoulders and bared her breasts . |
| 6 | Starting in her stomach , a warm glow suffused her body until it set her fingertips tingling and her scalp crackling . |
| 7 | Then , unexpectedly , she knelt , bowing her head until it touched her knees . |
| 8 | Sometimes she would hear some commandment being spoken —' Give not that which is holy unto the dogs ’ — and others echoed in her head until it ached . |
| 9 | She leapt towards him and , seizing the plate of biscuits , brought it down on top of her head until it shattered , and fell onto her arms . |
| 10 | However , the CITUB announced that it would continue its strike until it saw guarantees of the character of the new government . |
| 11 | Then she would search for the flea , going along the seams of my clothes with her thumbnail until it jumped . |
| 12 | Very obviously when this town was designed and laid out and nobody foresaw the growth of the private motor car , er today private motor car is accepted , but in a town which was built perhaps the idea that one in twenty would own a motor car and we 're now faced with the probably one in three have a motor car , we 're now faced with a problem which can only detract from life in the town , also the fact that huge lorries are passing through what were envisaged as quiet residential neighbourhoods with a consequent breaking of curbs and of paving stones where the lorries are compelled to mount the pavings in order to get round parked cars and things of that nature it detracts from the life in Harlow I do , I think a considerable extent , erm , the other factor is that there 's become a lack of pride in the town by the people who live in it , this is seen from the amount of rubbish , and refuse that is dropped from the minor vandalism that goes on the graffiti , er particularly in underpasses where people are walking to the town centre and that , those are the things where the town has lost its way , when we first came here you never saw bits of paper and packages from sweets and cigarettes and things , perhaps maybe because the package industry has developed over the years and that er whereas whenever we had responsibility for taking a small child out , if it had sweets it was encouraged to put the wrappings in its pocket until it got home , now of course it 's encouraged to drop it just where it wants to and er this not only applies to children , some of the worst culprits are the adults who leave the , leave the public houses with a can of beer to drink on the way home and drop it just when they 've finished the last drop of beer or the fish and chip paper 's just dropped . |
| 13 | Although the then International Trade Minister John Crosbie staunchly defended the pact , the Economic Council of Canada , an independent advisory body established by the Federal Parliament , decided not to attempt to assess its impact until it had been in operation for five years . |
| 14 | His mouth crushed and coaxed in turns , his tongue subtle and importunate , before he moved lower , sliding his mouth down her throat until it reached her breasts . |
| 15 | She stood , numb with shame , fingers tugging at the bracelet round her wrist until it caused her pain . |
| 16 | He had brushed most of the knots and tangles from his hair and scrubbed his skin until it hurt . |
| 17 | Billy Sullivan had decided that he was going to own his own gymnasium one day and the idea grew in his mind until it became an obsession . |
| 18 | The voice spread like ink through blotting paper and seeped across his mind until it reached the nerve that knew it to be Bella 's . |
| 19 | If the plaintiff had not paid he would not only have been subject to legal proceedings for recovery of the tax but would have been liable to forfeiture of his business until it had been paid . |
| 20 | She slipped her left leg under his arm and ran the inside of her right thigh across the underside of his cock until it nestled against her groin . |
| 21 | With fiery hands , he lifted the besuited killer off the ground , and bent his back until it snapped . |
| 22 | I move his hand until it feels correct . |
| 23 | Searing , excruciating agony ripped through his hand and up his arm until it seemed to engulf his entire body . |
| 24 | I watched the light of his lantern until it disappeared . |
| 25 | ‘ Another chopper should be along for you at any minute , old chap , but why not go and wait in your van until it arrives ? ’ |