Sentence examples for which continued about from inspiring English sources
This excerpt, profiling a youth named William Quayle, "who spent a life (short as it was) to the glory of God," will give you the flavor: In September, 1787, he was seized with his last sickness, which continued about a fortnight...
In 1643, the colonies of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Haven, united in a confederacy, which continued about forty years; each colony sent two commissioners as their representatives, and by the articles they were to be annually elected.
They are succeeded by rocks of the Paleozoic Era, which continued to about 252 million years ago; of the Mesozoic Era, which lasted until about 66 million years ago; and of the Cenozoic Era (i.e., the past 66 million years).
The police have been accused of being slow to respond to the attack, which continued for about 90 minutes before SWAT commandos could reach the island.
That's why yesterday after shelling which continued for about one hour, the Shabiha from neighbouring villages stormed Qubair village killing 78 civilians in a very nasty way.
The resulting debate (which continued for about nine centuries) touched on most of the topics now considered standard in metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of language, and was characterized by considerable sophistication in philosophical methodology.
Nonetheless, we can reconstruct some of the associations of the ancient festival from those which continued to hang about it in the Middle Ages, and from folk customs attached to it, so widespread that they must refer to a generally shared set of ancient attitudes.
The fire, which continued to threaten about 5,000 homes,, was 48% contained Saturday evening.
Bonilla's body crashed through the roof of the car, which continued traveling for about half a mile.
At the same time, she began experiencing anxiety attacks at sunset every day, which continued until she was about 20.Dr.
During the primaries, which continued until June, Obama and Biden spoke about twice a week.
