Example sentences of "[noun] until they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could read ‘ Nike ’ quite clearly on his trainers until they disappeared one after the other into the Shogun . |
| 2 | Jack reluctantly followed Derek 's vast bulk until they were behind the concrete hut that served as a laboratory . |
| 3 | Rent and Norfolk now deserted Lancaster and accused him of sedition , and the king ordered the confiscation of all his property and the property of his supporters until they submitted unconditionally . |
| 4 | But others will be kept in cages until they 're well enough to be released on another coastline unaffected by the oil slick . |
| 5 | They kept off further shop talk until they were having coffee in the lounge , when Wycliffe said , ‘ Before you became an administrative officer you did two years as a DC flatfooting around . |
| 6 | She never thought at all about the hacienda until they were almost back there . |
| 7 | Hang them by the neck until they 're dead . ’ |
| 8 | The other exciting thing was the leeches er because the monsoon had n't finished there were lots of leeches around , and I 'd imagined these huge things that were going to suck me to death , but they 're actually little , like , just very very tiny little worms , about erm an inch long and very thin and what they do is they sit on leaves and things and as you walk by they get flicked on to your boots or your socks and then they wiggle their way in and they , you ca n't feel them there , but what they do is they suck your blood until they explode |
| 9 | They heated up pokers until they were red hot , and branded him . |
| 10 | Depression may result from an upbringing which induced feelings of insecurity , inadequacy or false guilt which have dogged the young adult 's steps until they finally come to a head during the crisis of midlife . |
| 11 | Byelaws made by a local authority are not in force until they have been confirmed by the Secretary of State . |
| 12 | Police are not taking action until they know whether the men face charges . |
| 13 | The Bank will not be able to take any action until they receive your letter . |
| 14 | The new consortium which will be putting its offer to Leckpatrick next week has called on shareholders to take no action until they have heard further from the consortium . |
| 15 | In this form the Art Fair reached a more numerous and a far wider public ; and it is hoped that the Tabernacle will provide a permanent home for this venture , which does so much to help young artists of promise in the difficult years after leaving art college until they make their name . |
| 16 | They 've got to , she 's got to stay on the boat until they 're gon na try and find her somewhere else to sleep |
| 17 | They sailed round the shoreline of the harbour until they came to a small bay with a large waterfall over which cascaded the purest water . |
| 18 | from all over the pond until they made a long chorus croak croak croak they are saying . |
| 19 | Staff at the centre say they 'll care for the animals until they 're strong enough to be returned to the wild . |
| 20 | Overweight people , particularly the heavily overweight , rarely stop eating until they have finished everything on the plate . |
| 21 | In the heat of the moment , the grey-coated wolf will wrestle with its quarry and Fido will violently shake rags until they lie motionless or chew squeaky toys until they squeak no more . |
| 22 | The better-off are likely to be advised to delay serious relationships until they have more life experience . |
| 23 | But no steps were to be taken to put them into effect until they had been communicated to the king , who , when he had satisfied himself that they had been made without prejudice , would decide what was to be done . |
| 24 | ( 2 ) Byelaws made under subsection ( 1 ) above shall not have effect until they are confirmed by the Secretary of State , and the provisions of subsections ( 4 ) to ( 12 ) and ( 15 ) of section 202 of the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1973 and of section 204 of that Act shall , with any necessary modifications , apply in relation to byelaws to be made or made under this section as they apply in relation to byelaws to be made or made under that Act . |
| 25 | If at any point they lose the scent they fly in zig-zags from side to side until they catch it again , and then fly off upwind again . |
| 26 | ‘ Having decided to make it a musical , ’ wrote Alexander Stuart in Films and Filming , ‘ William Sterling should have had his team work on the songs until they were really worth including until they added something to the tale . ’ |
| 27 | They did not have to qualify in any other way , and neither will their successors who , like them , will be peers until they die . |
| 28 | Often they had not told anyone about what they saw as a trivial event , but had buried their feelings of embarrassment and fear until they resurfaced in the shape of an obsession . |
| 29 | Anabelle felt like curling up in a ball and plugging her ears until they all went away — and she would have , too , if she had thought it would do any good . |
| 30 | They could n't see the shepherd until they crossed the last rise but they could hear the sheepbells on the clear air . |