Example sentences of "continued [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This resulted in passage of flatus , which continued for some minutes . |
| 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 | Sporadic cases of the disease continued for some years and from time to time it was necessary to reopen the hospital for their reception . |
| 12 | This correspondence continued for some years until 1878 when they moved to late in June . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | Encouraged by these circumstances , the disorders of early June continued for some days . |
| 15 | That affair continued for some months . |
| 16 | That continued with some effort for the next twenty-five years , when I had the good fortune to be introduced to Lady Collins , who had inspired a succession of what was eventually called Fount Books , some reprints of more expensive books , some specially written for her series , both varieties being published in paperback , at the lowest possible price . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The puzzled head-scratching continued in some quarters , but helpless shrugging had now become the latest craze . |