Sentence examples for until he secured from inspiring English sources

He frequently overrode the city council until he secured a majority on it in 2004.

Slowly, surely, he rose up the depth chart, until he secured a starting receiver spot before the 2006 season.

I thought at the time (and still think) that one could make a strong case for Mr. Romney's vulnerability until he secured Michigan.

He spent two years as a prisoner, working in the coal mines, until he secured early release by penning what he describes as "awful socialist poetry".

He wrote material for the comedian Bob Monkhouse, boosting his income with minicab driving until he secured a radio show called Beadle's Bookshelf.

Hildebrand Gurlitt (1895 1956) had a checkered career as a museum director and art dealer until he secured an appointment in 1938 with the Commission for Recovery of Seized Degenerate Artworks.

Iraq will certainly continue to dog Mr Blair, at least until he secures a new mandate.

Mr Cameron flies to two European capitals on 5 February for further talks with the continental counterparts he needs to convince, having instructed Eurosceptic ministers to keep their counsel until he secures a deal for his reform plans from other EU leaders at a Brussels summit and presents it to the Cabinet shortly afterwards.

In a sense, cynics might argue, Öcalan is a "hostage" used to keep the Kurdish masses in control; helping Erdoğan to drag his feet until he secures absolute power.

Of course, he didn't put this into play until after he secured a hefty life insurance policy for his own life.

Her partner, a military veteran, had struggled to find work until ultimately he secured a job driving a school bus for $57 a day, but no benefits.