Example sentences of "of [noun sg] until it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They 're they 're the whatsername So I 'm sending a couple of pound until it 's paid up . |
| 4 | There followed a period of uncertainty until it found itself with new occupants Savory and Sons . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They would sell securities , thus lowering their prices and raising the rate of interest until it reached r e . |