Example sentences of "[adv prt] until [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There was this one scene where Dustin first did it by coming on very strong as the scene opened and then gradually bringing things down until everything was just suggested by innuendo and gestures . |
| 2 | So we were better being turned down until we found a deal that suited us better . ’ |
| 3 | It is a question of simply following the coast down until we actually catch sight of the ship itself . ’ |
| 4 | Eventually we all agreed we wanted this fierce bark that was both harsh and metallic , after which it was just a case of refining it down until we settled on the precise tone we ended up using . |
| 5 | She felt compassionate like a mother and wanted to help him but the wheel had slowed down until its glow had died and she stood paralysed as if frozen in the aftermath of the death of the sun . |
| 6 | Mrs Stych was having difficulty starting her little car , so Mrs Frizzell bobbed her flower-decked head down until her hawklike nose was level with the half-open window . |
| 7 | She crooked her finger at him , and he bent down until her lips were at his ear . |
| 8 | The woodpecker finch can even modify its tools to suit the situation ; cactus spines may be cut down until they are the correct length , and twigs may have their side branches nipped off . |
| 9 | Sometimes I 'd watch their kites going down into the fields overhead , down until they dwindled away out of sight , long before they reached the tops of the trees You ca n't do that often , though , because of all the smog . |
| 10 | And as I thought about their meaning , the tears slowed down until they stopped . |
| 11 | Since playgrounds give our children so much , it 's a great shame that in many areas , the old playparks are being allowed to run down until they 're in such a bad state that it 's easier and cheaper to knock them down and build a carpark than try to make them safe . |
| 12 | Unless the glider is going to be launched without delay , it should be turned out of wind and held with the into-wind wing down until it is needed . |
| 13 | The nightmare of officials is that Japan 's fertility rate might keep going down until it hits western German levels — 1.28 at present . |
| 14 | I said I would drive into the country , lie in the long grass and watch the sun go down until it was quite dark . |
| 15 | The puppy must be held down until it stops growling or acting aggressively . |
| 16 | The jharo flared through the darkness , twisting and somersaulting , spiralling down until it landed in the village square , flickered momentarily , then died . |
| 17 | He followed the bomber down until it dived into the sea off Filfla , three survivors being seen in the water . |
| 18 | The three major airports in the Washington region were shut down until it was clear which one the plane was heading for . |
| 19 | The face of the rail has to be planed down until it lines up flush with both front and back legs . |
| 20 | This method of examination involves cutting a very thin slice from the object , which is fixed to a microscope slide and ground down until it is only 0.02mm thick . |
| 21 | The chef mashed a lump of raw gristle on his stove , and kept it down until it was half charcoal . |
| 22 | He leaned backwards , his hair hanging down until it nearly touched the floor . |
| 23 | Tighten the wheel down until it touches the pipe |
| 24 | I slid down until I became entangled in some bracken . |
| 25 | I did however , have a shaky start with casting on , but I read the instruction book , back to front and upside down until I had a good idea of what I was doing , resulting in two 4-ply cardigans for my eldest two grand-daughters . |
| 26 | Since I do n't remember enough German to translate it , I copied it down until I could find someone who could . ’ |
| 27 | And I kept my foot down until I did . |
| 28 | Take the obvious path at the rear of the churchyard and follow it down until you reach the valley road . |
| 29 | Place your eye close to the drop and adjust the strip slightly up or down until you can see a highly magnified picture of the letters on the newspaper . |
| 30 | All the way down until you do n't want it any more . |