Example sentences of "continued for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conversation continued for a couple of hours . |
| 2 | This continued for a long time during which he shuffled his feet uncomfortably , controlling his immediate impulse to shout at her to be quiet . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The fighting continued for a few seconds before they realised that it was no longer dark . |
| 5 | Despite episcopal censures , the practice continued for a surprisingly long time ; measures were taken to stop Irish clergy so cohabiting as late as the sixth century . |
| 6 | When the house of Árpad became extinct in 1301 , the crown itself became the object of civil war which continued for a decade until Charles Robert of Anjou finally secured both throne and crown . |
| 7 | This vigorous phase continued for a few days , with the column of steam and ash climbing eleven kilometres high above the volcano and showering ash over points up to 480 kilometres distant . |
| 8 | The search continued for a fortnight . |
| 9 | His journalism continued for a while until the mid '80s when he decided to concentrate purely on recording . |
| 10 | As I look back to my inner training in prayer , I see an early stage when it consisted of asking God 's blessing on myself and those I loved , then through a stage of mental meditation , and finally a merging into contemplation , which did not need words , but a silent awareness of the presence of God , which sometimes continued for a quarter of an hour or more . |
| 11 | Despite joining the ILP in 1907 , he continued for a long time to write leaders for Liberal journals . |
| 12 | The calling continued for a few moments and then , with a cry of ‘ bitch ’ , to her horror , Nicky Scott Wilson began to make the most blood-curdling noise as he bayed her name to the night sky , like a wolf . |
| 13 | We continued for a short distance before pitching our tents in the boulder strewn tundra now below the elegant , ice-fluted summit of Chonku Chuli . |
| 14 | The squawking continued for a moment before dying out in a final gurgle as Rev. Levitt recited the prescribed blessing . |
| 15 | The study continued for a total of two years six months ( median two years ) , at the end of which the patients ' hospital and general practitioner notes were reviewed together with records of prompted clinical and eye reviews . |
| 16 | Our information continued for a while , but it was of doubtful origin . |
| 17 | After his dismissal on Oct. 21 , troops fired tear gas and shots to disperse a crowd of 15,000 demonstrators in Kinshasa , while riots and looting in Lubumbashi continued for a number of days . |
| 18 | Then the collection of gastric juice was restarted and continued for a final 60 minutes . |
| 19 | The collection continued for a further 90 minutes . |
| 20 | In addition , support continued for the Association 's welfare homes at Sussexdown and Richard Peck House . |
| 21 | Sporadic firing and the misery of Joseph 's people continued for the next two days . |
| 22 | Their friendship continued for the next few days . |
| 23 | The sum of£3 8s 6d was raised in this way , and the practice continued for the next eighty years . |
| 24 | In spite of the war , trolleybus conversions continued for the time being in other parts of London , but did not affect the Croydon area directly . |
| 25 | Not until the shock of the Crimean invasion did Ivan abolish the oprichnina , and intermittent terror continued for the rest of his reign , swallowing up not a few of the opochniks themselves . |
| 26 | Within social work the quest continued for the best way to organize a service that could be responsive to community need . |
| 27 | In 1724 Peter I ordered that all papers relating to foreign policy should be brought together in the college archive ; and work on this continued for the next two decades . |
| 28 | Throughout the formulation of the policy , which took ten months , pressure continued for the bank to continue its support of logging projects on the grounds that managed logging was better than indiscriminate clearance . |
| 29 | The pill swapping continued for the next couple of weeks , showing no difference in the population of Xenly . |
| 30 | The discussion continued for an hour or so ; some Janab held out for 7000 dinars , others said that was too much . |