Example sentences of "continued [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Of particular interest here is the fact that though the play itself died out , the characters from it continued to appear at the annual feast . |
2 | By 1925 , this early optimism had disappeared and the District continued to struggle at a financial subsistence level throughout the whole period , apparently incapable of seriously addressing the resolution of the problem of financial self-sufficiency . |
3 | Staffing ratios were generally better in grammar schools than elsewhere , and even the Burnham system favoured ( as it was meant to do ) schools with a larger proportion of older pupils , especially if they were in those sixth forms which continued to stand at the peak of a meritocratic secondary system . |
4 | She continued to stand at the edge of the plateau . |
5 | Thumping the paper with his other hand he continued to yell at the chanting mob , but could n't be heard above the din . |
6 | She continued to exhibit at the New English Art Club ( 1908–11 ) . |
7 | In fact , everybody seemed to be busy finding some job to help with the war effort , except Mum who continued to clean at the Gingold 's chip shop . |
8 | Lambarde continued living at the Palace until 1598 and during this time he maintained and kept in repair the buildings . |
9 | The gunmen continued to fire at the house after he managed to scramble inside and slam the front door shut . |
10 | Last night ministers continued to look at a compromise prepared by the EC commissioner Sir Leon Brittan , incorporating a Dutch-led formula where the higher level would be the norm but governments would have the option of asking Brussels to intervene for mergers breaking £1.4bn . |
11 | We continued to stare at the corner of the field for some time , expecting to see some movement . |
12 | As we continued to stare at the sea , racking our brains about how to go for a swim without a costume , our thoughts were answered by a voice from just behind us . |
13 | The two of them continued to stare at the group . |
14 | Nell continued to stare at the sea for a very long time . |
15 | He shook his head and continued to stare at the old man , but there was pleading in his voice now . |
16 | He raised his right hand to silence her and continued to stare at the tabletop before him , head cocked to one side . |
17 | He continued to stare at the ground as she added , ‘ I 'm just wondering who might have had a motive for killing him . ’ |
18 | The tweed-coated figure continued to stare at the page of the book to the left of his plate , ignoring his companion . |
19 | ‘ Yep , but she 's your girl , ’ said Charlie as he continued to stare at the long-haired blonde who pretended to ignore their attentions . |
20 | As the teacher put the collar on Sherman he continued to point at the picture and bark very loudly . |
21 | The Services continued to run at the opposition and after Fenn was hauled down just short they took a half-time lead when quick hands gave Crossland sufficient room to veer inside at pace and score beneath the posts . |
22 | She also took to pastry-making , which she continued to practise at a local confectioner 's when she returned to Epsom in 1854 , though her family thought this to be ‘ ultra modern and not quite nice ’ . |
23 | The man continued to hack at the body , right down to the bone and intestines . |
24 | After the death of his father , Tennyson and his family continued to live at the rectory for a further six years . |
25 | At the close of the seventeenth century , however , towns and villages in certain industrial regions started to grow , and despite a setback in the 1720s they continued to expand at an astonishing rate throughout each decade of the eighteenth century . |
26 | After Martin 's death his son Jean continued to reside at the rue de Harlay , and presumably became the master maker of the workshop . |
27 | In December 1987 the cost-of-living index was 170 per cent above its level in December of the previous year , and even under the ‘ price freeze ’ of the first few months of 1988 , prices continued to rise at a rate equivalent to an annual rate of about 100 per cent . |
28 | But , while inflation slowed from the summer of 1974 , prices as a whole continued to rise at an annual rate of 10 per cent during the depths of the slump . |
29 | In these subjects the OR continued to occur at a high level throughout training , a result suggesting that a stimulus that fails to predict its consequences reliably will continue to receive some form of processing . |
30 | Peckle hardly moved but continued to peer at a document covered in strange cipher markings . |