Example sentences of "[pron] continued [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I continued to work in the bank and give private lessons at weekends .
2 I continued to work in the bank and to give lessons , and did not venture far from the village on my bicycle except on the bank 's business .
3 I continued to walk round the camp .
4 The development of a form of representative democracy in the nineteenth century led Dicey to distinguish between legal sovereignty , which continued to reside with the triumvirate of the monarch , Lords , and Commons , and political sovereignty , which he deemed to rest with the electorate .
5 The authors who began to write about rape and related it to male power , male supremacy and male sexuality , questioned what they saw to be the essentialist constructions of female sexuality which continued to predominate within the age of sexual revolution .
6 During the eighteenth century imported black-and-whites from Jutland became the foundation of the British Friesian , which continued to develop with the help of imports from the Netherlands at intervals and also imports from South Africa ( 1922 ) and Canada ( 1946 onwards ) .
7 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 .
8 She continued to go to the shop and had managed to clear the backlog of work and correspondence .
9 She continued to lean against the gravestone , sick and shaking , her teeth chattering , her stomach as knotted and tormented as it had been in childbirth .
10 Two arms caught her and drew her down into warmth and security as she continued to cry into the comfort of her husband 's chest .
11 She continued to stand at the edge of the plateau .
12 She continued to stand in the middle of the kitchen , ablaze .
13 Ronni thought , as she continued to spear through the water .
14 While the majority of samurai did live as retainers in castle towns , there were some marginal cases who continued to reside in the countryside , often cultivating the land .
15 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 .
16 We continued to stare at the corner of the field for some time , expecting to see some movement .
17 They continued to scrabble on the floor until all the spilt items had been retrieved .
18 The links predated the Francoist regime ; the army had long been responsible for the training of footplate , traffic and other staff who entered RENFE through military service ( as they continued to do after the restoration of democracy ) .
19 And anyway , who needs words ? she told herself blissfully , as they continued to float across the dance-floor together — though Ronni was n't on the dance-floor , she had both feet in heaven .
20 Silas 's scowl remained on his face as they continued to walk along the track .
21 Bitterly aware of a deep flush spreading over her cheeks , Laura closed her eyes for a moment as they continued to revolve around the dance-floor .
22 He continued to teach in the university until his wife died , when he resumed his Fellowship and took Orders .
23 Goma did not show the gratitude towards the Comrade expected from someone given the privilege of leaving Romania and he continued to agitate against the regime from Paris .
24 The actor Esmond Knight who was an RNVR officer in the new battleship Prince of Wales gave a dramatic account of the arrival of the Bismarck 's salvo that had blinded him ( though he continued to act after the war and performed in The Red Shoes with Moira ) .
25 Beckoning Robert to a seat , he continued to talk into the mouthpiece about the school , about its playing-fields , its concert hall and several other items that , so far at any rate , existed only in his imagination .
26 He continued to speculate on the subject , and wrote letters to various journals , but seems to have done little further practical work until 1849 , when a glider large enough to carry a small boy was launched in free flight at Brompton .
27 As the teacher put the collar on Sherman he continued to point at the picture and bark very loudly .
28 During this time he continued to work on the design of docks and harbours in the Isle of Man , the river Mersey , and Cardiff , as well as many of the Trinity House lighthouses .
29 He continued to stare at the ground as she added , ‘ I 'm just wondering who might have had a motive for killing him . ’
30 He continued to cooperate in the exchange of books , plants and seeds and he contributed specimens from Chelsea for Linnaeus 's son , who was forming an ambitious herbarium .
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