Example sentences of "kept up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood up on his chair all the way through lunch , with the gravy running down his great red face on to his bib and flying off the spoon he was waving on to other people 's clothes ; and in his loud , pharyngitic voice he kept up a perpetual background noise of questions and comments . |
| 2 | Kylie kept up a relentless pace during the tour , which took her to Newcastle , Manchester and Liverpool before one appearance in Scotland at Edinburgh 's Playhouse Theatre . |
| 3 | The document was found among the many original musical manuscripts left by Lucien Garban , an intimate friend who kept up a fascinating correspondence with the composer . |
| 4 | • Four Petersfield drummers kept up a ten-hour drum-a-thon and raised £200 . |
| 5 | As we staggered up the path like a couple of drunks , I kept up a desperate , bright flow of conversation , to mask the slowness of our steps . |
| 6 | The King of Prussia kept up a desperate defensive campaign against his other main enemies , Austria and Russia ; Britain contributed to this struggle not only by keeping up the army for the defence of Hanover and western Germany but also by supplying money , first as loans and then about £3m. in grants , to keep the Prussian army going . |
| 7 | They kept up a twenty-four-hour vigil outside Coleherne Court , and plagued her at the kindergarten . |
| 8 | The soldiers kept up a continuous fire . |
| 9 | But his best work is in the past , whereas Greene kept up a continuous output over many years — there 's nobody like that now . |
| 10 | But through it all Barbara Coleman kept up a hysterical chant of ‘ Murder ! |
| 11 | I kept up a close correspondence with my parents , partly because I knew that they missed me , and partly from natural inclination and affection . |
| 12 | Another 17-year-old girl kept up a regular correspondence with her natural mother and went to see her once or twice a year referring to her as an ‘ auntie ’ . |
| 13 | He kept up a non-stop stream of words against the patter of the raindrops beating against the skylight , to Modigliani 's silent exasperation . |
| 14 | Every table was full with local Battersea types who , if not exactly carousing that Tuesday night , kept up a restrained married hum above jazz filtering mauvely from the walls . |
| 15 | She kept up a running commentary as she chased him 50 yards across Lawrence Road before collapsing in a pool of blood . |
| 16 | Resigning herself to the inevitable , she walked quietly alongside him as he kept up a running commentary on all they passed or saw . |
| 17 | Had Edwin spent idle hours in this room while his daughter made a great parade of doing the housework and kept up a running vituperative commentary on the last person or event to incur her displeasure ? |
| 18 | In the corner of the church was a visiting group of Guides whose camp was nearby , and on the knees of one Guider was an infant which kept up a constant ( and unchecked by her ) chatter throughout the readings and prayers . |
| 19 | Birds were always with them ; robins watched with bright eyes and sang as they passed ; wrens flew suddenly and low from branch to bush ; great tits rang out their bell-notes unseen from the tree-tops ; tree-creepers trickled headlong and caterwise down the creviced trunks of the oaks ; woodpeckers kept up a constant drum-rattle on the hollow branches , the sound coming now from the right , now from the left , now in front , now behind ; wood-pigeons wooed one another in secret leafy recesses , comforting , encouraging , cajoling ; rooks sprang upwards cawing into the blue sky as they passed beneath their nests ; and higher still , up towards the sun , they caught occasional glimpses of great birds circling , buzzards , kites , eagles . |
| 20 | She looked like a little black chattering chimney pot , for as the smoke rose up through her veils she kept up a constant conversation . |
| 21 | stoutly denied by Herr Nordern , strange gluts of — equally stoutly defended by him , memorable meals of the past , the coming party , and , although Omi barely spoke a word , sitting silently , merely picking at her meal , Karl kept up a lively alert manner which belied his years . |
| 22 | And with Conor O'Shea kicking five penalty goals , the Irish kept up a steady scoring rate . |
| 23 | The anti-aircraft gunners kept up a steady fire , claiming nine aircraft shot down , including the Bf110 which crashed near Takali , and four other aircraft damaged . |
| 24 | As he stood there , waving them past like a cop directing traffic , he kept up a steady monologue of encouragement . |
| 25 | Keith kept up a brisk pace , glad that it was a full moon . |
| 26 | All the way out to Keller 's house they kept up a ceaseless flow of questions about the Channings and the bruises on my head . |
| 27 | The imperial schism had its repercussions on the separate kingdoms of Europe with whom the pope kept up a ceaseless round of correspondence , despatching legatine missions in his concern for ensuring Christian rulership and furthering his policies . |
| 28 | She also kept up a vigorous campaign against the expansion of Geale 's fish and chip restaurant near her house : she said the smells made her garden unusable . |