Example sentences of "continue [to-vb] [pron] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter point has been a cause of some concern because , in the 1980s , black kids continue to involve themselves in sport with a fervour which alarms many , fearful that blacks ' achievements can only reinforce traditional stereotyped images about blacks being adept at physical pursuits , but inept at intellectual ones . |
| 2 | All these messages had been sent forth , and she had received none of them , had continued to consider herself in charge , in control , the prime mover . |
| 3 | Throughout October high-caste youths continued to kill themselves in protest at the government 's plan . |
| 4 | Half of us could continue to drown ourselves in usquebaugh and self-pity ( ‘ Here 's tae us , / Wha 's like us ? / Damn few/ All deid ’ ) , the other half could relax , relieved that the English would be continuing to do our thinking for us . |
| 5 | Blacks continued to involve themselves in boxing after the war though it was not until 1970 that a black boxer emulated the Turpins in winning a British title : Jamaican-born Bunny Sterling became the first immigrant boxer ever to win a British title when he beat Mark Rowe at Wembley . |