Example sentences of "kept up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I doubt if he could have kept up the masquerade for that long . ’ |
| 2 | However , when they had used HP , they had often got into trouble over it , usually because they had n't kept up the payments . |
| 3 | Ever since then , as the story goes , journalists have kept up the tradition of ending the final page of each story with the sign -30- . |
| 4 | As the older generations who had kept up the tradition passed away , there were not so many young people in the village to carry it on and they had left to find employment and housing in the towns . |
| 5 | And she had kept up the pretence in the air-conditioned hotel and on the pool terrace , drinking mint tea to get the feel of the place , though she could n't stand the stuff really , and never knew what to do with the sprigs of mint . |
| 6 | Jackie Stewart had started the protests and the action to force the sporting authorities to do something , Niki had kept up the pressure . |
| 7 | But we sampled half-board , and ample portions of breakfast and dinner with individual tables for each family kept up the energy levels . |
| 8 | When she had opened The Bar , Madame had kept up the costume in which she 'd worked when she was just an entertainer in other people 's places — she 'd worked in them all . |