Example sentences of "continue for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And although I am now tired , very cold and extremely hungry — with a headache into the bargain ! — I am compelled to continue for a little while longer . |
| 2 | Hunt was able to continue for a while but his car was severely damaged and the race was stopped . |
| 3 | When I gave it away I believe I was still playing well enough to continue for a few more years , but I had had enough , and it was time to consider the family . |
| 4 | Clark had , however , made it clear that he did not wish to continue for a further term and , as a consequence of an Academic Board working party 's recommendation , a permanent post was created and filled externally by the appointment of the author . |
| 5 | They were expected to continue for a month , with a 10-day break in early September . |
| 6 | The hunt continuing for a rapist who struck just yards from an outdoor music festival in Nottingham . |
| 7 | ‘ Things went through smoothly , ’ he says , ‘ But now the terms have changed and payments only continue for a year . ’ |
| 8 | The reign of the ultra-model will , no doubt , continue for a time . |
| 9 | The problem is that , for example , the nitrogen in blood can become available to plants in days and continue for a week or two , whereas the phosphate in bone can not possibly become available for several months . |
| 10 | Uterine contractions continue for a few days after birth ( they are often particularly evident when the child begins to suck at the nipple ) . |
| 11 | Continue for a while , and Mayfair Road can be found on the right hand side , with the property being on the same side . |
| 12 | the failure has continued for a period of , or periods amounting to , at least five years , |
| 13 | The sneezing bouts continued for a couple of days , accompanied by shivering and coughing fits . |
| 14 | Lastly , we may notice that even a wrongful possession , if continued for a certain length of time , matures into what may be , for practical purposes , indistinguishable from ownership . |
| 15 | We will only know the answer to this and many other questions when televising has continued for a much longer time . |
| 16 | Therefore , before a conclusion is reached , tests must be continued for a sufficiently long time to demonstrate an adequate shelf-life in the market concerned . |
| 17 | Some of the journals continued for a while until their organisers were arrested . |
| 18 | Those benefits may be continued for a long succession of generations upon deserving objects , let us strenuously support our own undertaking : and may our children , and our children 's children feel an ardour even greater than our own in the cause of humanity ; so that as long as the County of Bedford exists , its Infirmary may be one of the chief objects of care , and one of the principal sources of its honest pride . ’ |
| 19 | Bishop believed that change was essential and reported on his return to Washington that there was undue complacency in Tokyo ; the vested interests in the occupation bureaucracy believed that American dominance in Japan must be continued for a considerable period and Bishop held that tough action would be required in order to transform attitudes and to terminate the occupation . |
| 20 | This feeding was continued for a period after their release on the tenth day , in case they were unable to hunt . |
| 21 | Only if exercise training is continued for a year or more is there likely to be any cardiac training effect with improvement in ejection fraction and stroke volume . |
| 22 | The dispute between Huddersfield Polytechnic and Kirklees Metropolitan Council which has continued for a number of years illustrates most of the tensions which may develop between a polytechnic and its local authority . |
| 23 | In the countryside , life must have continued for a long time as it always had done . |
| 24 | Oesophagitis was still present at the second endoscopy in three patients and the treatment had to be continued for a further four to six weeks , when a third endoscopy confirmed complete healing . |
| 25 | The meal was given with an additional volume of 500 ml water and imaging was continued for a further 40 minutes after the meal . |
| 26 | Preincubation was usually continued for a further 10 minutes , and then agonists were added to the suspensions and the change in cyclic AMP content recorded at intervals over the following 30 minutes . |
| 27 | Even when he raised his face open-eyed to the altar the silence still continued for a while . |
| 28 | The conversation continued for a couple of hours . |
| 29 | This continued for a long time during which he shuffled his feet uncomfortably , controlling his immediate impulse to shout at her to be quiet . |
| 30 | MR Ladislav Adamec , the Czechoslovak Prime Minister , threatened to quit last night , as hard bargaining continued for a second day with the opposition over the shape of the new government . |