Example sentences of "continued [prep] some [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 This resulted in passage of flatus , which continued for some minutes .
2 Sporadic cases of the disease continued for some years and from time to time it was necessary to reopen the hospital for their reception .
3 This correspondence continued for some years until 1878 when they moved to late in June .
4 It was in the 1370s that the balance of the economy was seriously altered ; from 1372 there was a fall in basic food prices but no drop in wages , and this continued for some years , putting pressure on the profit margins which the manorial lords could secure from their estates ( 60 ) .
5 Encouraged by these circumstances , the disorders of early June continued for some days .
6 That affair continued for some months .
7 The ‘ uneasy partnership ’ continued with some modifications throughout the 1920s and 1930s , and by 1945 , 104 out of 315 LEAs were still running their own schemes .
8 The puzzled head-scratching continued in some quarters , but helpless shrugging had now become the latest craze .
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