Example sentences of "they continued [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Corr says she would not have reordered the books if they continued to include the word nigger . |
| 2 | Corr says she would not have reordered the books if they continued to include the word nigger . |
| 3 | Even in the later stages of this game they continued to move the ball around despite circumstances requiring more solid one-man drives backed by dependable kicking . |
| 4 | John of Marmoutier tells the legend that Geoffrey le Bel dressed up as a rustic and listened to complaints about his prévôts ’ rapacity ; on his return to court , he paid back the sums they had extorted , and threatened them with death if they continued to defraud the peasantry . |
| 5 | They continued to keep the book in print and supply it . |
| 6 | But they continued to build the duomo and the many lovely churches and monasteries of the city ; , for in the eleventh and twelfth centuries , and especially in Italy , a deep religious sentiment and an active anticlericalism often lived side by side , sometimes within the same human breast . |
| 7 | And they continued to discuss the personality of Lady Henrietta , or rather her apparent lack of personality , for some time , until Alix , almost as an afterthought , got round to enquiring how Liz was taking it . |
| 8 | But one insider said yesterday that the banks could deal the scheme a mortal blow if they continued to up the price . |