Example sentences of "[noun] until she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her back , red and peeling under the sundress , stuck briefly to the seat until she sat forward , rigid with disgust . |
| 2 | Fred cut into the pieces of meat with a vengeance , fighting the urge to shake the chattering Bessie Chandler by the scruff of her neck until she snuffed it . |
| 3 | And stroked her neck until she lay against him |
| 4 | She wants to be Violet Elizabeth Bott ; the screeching , lithping , secretly smart brat who hung around with the nice-but-dim lads until she annoyed them into letting her join the band . |
| 5 | He made no reply until she was standing next to him . |
| 6 | The door bell rang again and Camille hid in the downstairs lavatory until she could make her getaway . |
| 7 | Satisfied , she retraces her steps until she comes to a Ladies ' cloakroom . |
| 8 | In the end , the big woman with the cherries in her hat had dragged the now screaming child from his mother 's arms , pulling poor Edith along with her for a few steps until she had dropped sobbing on to the linoleum . |
| 9 | A woman I spoke to in Coventry lives with her two children and husband , had worked as a cashier , a canteen assistant , a barmaid and a bingo cashier until she was sacked for organising a union . |
| 10 | Fearful of opposing Richard of Gloucester however until she had her sons in her charge , she resolved to take no precipitate action until she was reunited with them . |
| 11 | She had bought a pretty pine desk , and had scoured the antique shops until she found the perfect eighteenth-century light-mahogany chair to go with it . |
| 12 | Tucking the loaf into her shirt top , Jess wrapped herself monkey-like , legs and arms round the rope , swinging across the scummy water hand over hand , gripping and letting go with easy rhythm until she reached the side of the brig . |
| 13 | She saved her curses until she could shout them into the night — then swallowed them anyway out of paranoia . |
| 14 | The aunt searched his bedroom until she found the key to the box . |
| 15 | The two of them tickling staid Janey , one on each side until she could n't help laughing , and the seven peas rolled away . |
| 16 | Painfully , Christine swung her legs to one side until she was in a sitting position . |
| 17 | She seemed to vanish as quickly as she had appeared , leaving Ianthe to be pushed forward into the train , where she stood in a daze until she found herself sitting down in a seat offered to her by a small boy . |
| 18 | I mean that could be a short term until she could get herself you know a full time regular post |
| 19 | She 'd bought an array of stylish cosmetics , received a free lesson on how to apply all her expensive purchases from one of the white-coated assistants in the department store , bought shoes and bags and accessories , flashed her friendly credit card until she thought the plastic might melt from overuse — and now the finishing and most dramatic change of all ! |
| 20 | She would hide them beneath her underwear until she could figure out a better place . |
| 21 | His tongue teased at her lips until she opened them helplessly , allowing him to deepen the kiss , his tongue stroking hers in an act of burning sexuality that had her sagging against him . |
| 22 | Then he had dashed back inside and curled up in his seat with his hands covering his ears until she came to take him home . |
| 23 | No , however much she tried to dismiss what the astrologer had said , the words kept ringing in her ears until she thought she would scream . |
| 24 | He flung his head to one side and muttered something , his face was twisted up ; he pushed himself away and fell out through the entrance and on to his knees , and she sat down on the floor for her legs felt weak and the wounded one was throbbing painfully , and she crawled over to Sycorax and lay down beside her and sobbed hot , dry grief until she at last fell asleep . |
| 25 | His earlier gentleness drained away swiftly until his hands were heated , his mouth fierce as he claimed her breasts , and her wild cries only served to increase his demands until she was shaking in his arms . |
| 26 | Defries wriggled backwards from the edge of the rock until she was out of sight from the base station below . |
| 27 | She handed it to Donna and stood by her as she flipped through it , running her finger down the columns of words until she found what she sought . |
| 28 | She went to the door and he recited the words until she had gone out and shut the door behind her . |
| 29 | The young man then died an unheroic death , riding his motorcycle underneath a lorry in Hammersmith and Vanessa 's emotions fed on the tragedy until she was convinced he had been the love of her life . |
| 30 | She tugged on her jeans over damp legs , cursing and falling over on to the bed , struggling with the clinging fabric until she had them hitched finally over her hips . |