Example sentences of "continued [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The noise continued for same time and as the male laughter increased I realised the parcel must be a large one . |
| 2 | In another passage our final text reads ‘ His words were as if meant for himself , but he spoke them aloud , and he continued for some time to look at his sister like a man perplexed . ’ |
| 3 | The magazine text brings in the paradox of public and yet as if private utterance : ‘ His words were as if spoken to himself , but he spoke them aloud , and he continued for some time to look at his sister like a man perplexed . ’ |
| 4 | We were still confined to our trenches due to the bombardment which continued for some time . |
| 5 | The din and chaos continued for some time after help arrived from the êchelon of spectators , Charles and Peregrine among them . |
| 6 | The uproar in the kitchen continued for some time while Nanny pressed his face against her coat and added her own voice to the tumult . |
| 7 | Plans for the opera continued for some time : |
| 8 | Controversy continued for some time about the identity or otherwise of human and bovine tuberculosis , until the infecting organisms were shown clearly to belong to different species of the large genus Mycobacteria , most of which are harmless to man . |
| 9 | However , the silence continued for some time , as though the other rabbits did not care to mention what they thought was wrong . |
| 10 | As it happened , though the tension continued for some time after the building of the Berlin Wall in August to stop the flight of East Germans to the West , the two sides had to settle for a stalemate . |
| 11 | ‘ It was a very important game , because one of the top assessors was there , but if I continued after half time , I could have done myself harm physically . |