Example sentences of "me until i " in BNC.
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| 1 | My parents kept a baby book about me until I was sixteen , and when I was three and a half they wrote : ‘ Takes a great interest in her clothes and chooses her own outfit each morning . |
| 2 | IT NEVER struck me until I was in the sixth form that the activity pursued by scientists had any direct link with the everyday world . |
| 3 | ‘ Robots , ’ he said , ‘ gave me a means of venting my anger , ’ a remark whose logic baffled me until I read another ‘ Logic alone can not explain this . ’ |
| 4 | I felt as if hordes of people were constantly shaking me , shaking my whole insides , shaking me until I 'd cry in anguish . |
| 5 | This confused me until I realised that the more shadowy the figure of the ex then the greater her power , because no-one can compete with a phantom . |
| 6 | I knew Flora cared no more about my opinions than about the opinions of the rather derelict Arabs , drinking Coca-Cola at the bar — probably a good deal less , in fact , since theirs would be useful copy for her — but she was kind enough to pretend that she did , drew me out and flattered me until I felt witty and successful and told outrageous stories about people we knew . |
| 7 | Another said : ‘ I thought no one had suffered like me until I came here . ’ |
| 8 | I felt a little embarrassed about putting myself forward , but she nagged me until I wrote a letter and posted it off . |
| 9 | Nothing happened to me until I got off the Moon . |
| 10 | That had shocked me until I heard it too often to remain shocked . |
| 11 | If the floor needs washing , okay , I wo n't wash it , but I know it needs washing and it 'll go on nagging me until I 've washed it — so you ca n't win really . |
| 12 | He never had anything to do with me until I graduated from college nearly two years back now . |
| 13 | Probably this curiosity will be quite superficial , he thought to himself , as it is in me until I have more time to spend on it . |
| 14 | Will you stay with me until I go to sleep ? ’ |
| 15 | In spite of his earlier suggestion that I should talk as I ate , Sir Edmund refused to listen to me until I 'd put away a plate of his favourite devilled kidneys . |
| 16 | The guy would n't take me until I showed him money . |
| 17 | I did not want the man to see me until I had looked closely at him . |
| 18 | Even that surprised me until I found out afterwards that George had known about it all along ; I suppose they did n't want to risk him bringing it up first . |
| 19 | ‘ Ah , now , that did intrigue me until I remembered the gunpowder . |
| 20 | Graham puts an arm around my shoulder and swivels me until I am staring squarely at the stage . |
| 21 | My second thought , which did not occur to me until I was crawling back along the floor towards my bed , was that today was the day when I was due to Testify . |
| 22 | Nevil choked me until I almost passed out , then he lifted me out of the driver 's seat and bundled me into the back of Armstrong , hitting me on the back of the neck with what could have been an anvil but was probably his fist . |
| 23 | He climbed out of Armstrong on my side and stood over me until I pushed down my window . |
| 24 | She blabbed to the Press and they hounded me until I left the country . |