Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] until it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood mesmerized by a giant wave , shooting picture after picture until it came right over and dragged him out . |
| 2 | A : Not at all ; it could be done even here — merely increase the supply of money until it becomes something of little value , as plentiful as grass : let it grow on every street corner , pour from the high street banks : see how little by little it is of less and less value : soon it is only stuff fit to engage the attention of those who love to indulge in the act of recycling : we will probably find that , pulped , bank notes are an excellent media for growing acorns into oaks . |
| 3 | This may involve a narrowing of consciousness , a division of awareness into a more- and a less-focal area , a widening of consciousness until it has no especial object , or a flickering of consciousness when steady attending is for some reason precluded . |
| 4 | They 're they 're the whatsername So I 'm sending a couple of pound until it 's paid up . |
| 5 | There followed a period of uncertainty until it found itself with new occupants Savory and Sons . |
| 6 | I used to buy the shuttlecocks in the town toy and sports shop and cut the rubber end off , then squeeze the protesting guinea-pig ( I did use one once , just on principle , but as a rule they were too expensive and a little too big ) up through the funnel of plastic until it sat round their waist like a little dress . |
| 7 | In about a kilometre ( just over half a mile ) the road reaches a terrace plateau , well wooded in places , and curves slowly to the right giving every-changing angles of view until it reaches Heiligenschwendi , lying on a sun-terrace at 1,100m ( 3,608ft ) , sheltered from the north by wooded hillside . |
| 8 | They would sell securities , thus lowering their prices and raising the rate of interest until it reached r e . |
| 9 | This committed him to a punishing schedule for the next eight months , from the time the play went into rehearsal until it closed on 26 April 1969 after 161 consecutive performances . |
| 10 | Later on , you can guide their play by , say , suggesting that they see how many little cups of water it takes to full the big jug , or by getting them to find out how long it takes to fill a floating cup with water until it sinks . |
| 11 | Otto Werner , formerly of the Bundesanstalt fur Materialprüfung , Berlin , published analyses in 1970 which showed that in very general terms the amount of zinc in the brass increased with time until it reached a natural maximum of about 28 per cent . |
| 12 | At that speed , pedestrians would have had seven seconds from the time the train came into view until it reached the crossing . |
| 13 | Secure them to the top of the cake in an open card position , holding the card in place until it feels sufficiently stable . |
| 14 | The elasticity of each silk line and the large numbers of them , coupled with the surface tension of water , keeps the drop of water in place until it evaporates . |
| 15 | Leave it in place until it warms to body heat and renew it as required . |
| 16 | Leave the compress in place until it has cooled to body temperature ; renew at intervals as required . |
| 17 | The beef herd proved the breed 's ability to thrive on modest feeding and to give high killing-out percentages in all age groups , and gradually the beef traits increased in importance until it became a single-purpose beef breed . |
| 18 | A strange glow was emitted by the water on the stage , which gradually increased in brilliance until it revealed a vibrancer performing the opening sequence of a presentation . |
| 19 | The willow is cut between January and March , left in water until it starts to sprout and then peeled and dried . |
| 20 | The sequence Ct is positive and decreases in size until it reaches the level ω . |
| 21 | The current was strongest along the far bank and gradually lessened in strength until it reached a couple of yards from our bank , where it was almost slack . |
| 22 | During the course of that time , the light from Lucifer 's atmosphere would have grown in strength until it blotted out the stars and enveloped both Bridge and Lift in a flaming glare . |
| 23 | The company plans have been put on ice until it decided what its next move might be . |
| 24 | If the argument starts with numeric characters ( with or without a preceding sign ) , VAL will work from left to right until it meets a non numeric character . |
| 25 | For instance , Orchin developed a severe stomach ulcer after he was charged which became increasingly worse during the years on bail until it had to be treated by major surgery . |
| 26 | It did so at the rate of 4–7 in ( 10–18 cm ) per year until it collided with the Laurasian land mass ( North America and Eurasia , which were then joined ) . |
| 27 | I mean , I do n't , we do n't know what the process is , of get you know , the step by step until it gets to the Cha Lord Chancellor , do we . |