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1  They must stay there and wait until the searchers came.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
2  The master's arm performed until it was tired and the stock of switches notably diminished.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V
3  They went straight ahead, then, until they came to the path that led up Cardiff Hill; this they took.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
4  He felt sure he never could draw a safe breath again until that man was dead and he had seen the corpse.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
5  He did not venture again until he had found it, and by that time the other boys were tired and ready to rest.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
6  Tom found a subterranean lake, shortly, which stretched its dim length away until its shape was lost in the shadows.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
7  He rested again until the sun was well up and gilding the great river with its splendor, and then he plunged into the stream.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XV
8  If the bodies continued missing until Sunday, all hope would be given over, and the funerals would be preached on that morning.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XV
9  They hung about the neighborhood of the tavern until after nine, one watching the alley at a distance and the other the tavern door.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
10  TOM dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VIII
11  About two o'clock in the morning the raft grounded on the bar two hundred yards above the head of the island, and they waded back and forth until they had landed their freight.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIII
12  They dried their boiled ham and had a feast, and after that they sat by the fire and expanded and glorified their midnight adventure until morning, for there was not a dry spot to sleep on, anywhere around.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
13  Tom got about, a little, on Thursday, was downtown Friday, and nearly as whole as ever Saturday; but Becky did not leave her room until Sunday, and then she looked as if she had passed through a wasting illness.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
14  Tom's excitement enabled him to keep awake until a pretty late hour, and he had good hopes of hearing Huck's "maow," and of having his treasure to astonish Becky and the picnickers with, next day; but he was disappointed.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
15  She told Tom to go with the kite-line and explore if he chose; but she implored him to come back every little while and speak to her; and she made him promise that when the awful time came, he would stay by her and hold her hand until all was over.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
16  There was finally a waiting pause, an expectant dumbness, and then Aunt Polly entered, followed by Sid and Mary, and they by the Harper family, all in deep black, and the whole congregation, the old minister as well, rose reverently and stood until the mourners were seated in the front pew.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVII
17  After breakfast they went whooping and prancing out on the bar, and chased each other round and round, shedding clothes as they went, until they were naked, and then continued the frolic far away up the shoal water of the bar, against the stiff current, which latter tripped their legs from under them from time to time and greatly increased the fun.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
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