Example sentences of "[verb] up [conj] keep " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the Gulf War , British Army authorities announced they would have to destroy all dogs which had been picked up and kept by British units in the war zone , but Dave and his colleagues decided they were n't going to let this cruel fate befall Des . |
| 2 | you 've just taken a knock you did n't get the job , it 's not to say a job wo n't come up again now what you gon na do give up or keep trying ? |
| 3 | Then she grows up and keeps ducking round corners , out of sight . |
| 4 | I noticed that the Barwick men took no chances this time ; as the pole lay in the field it was wired up to an electronic burglar alarm system , but they still took it in turns to sit up and keep an eye on it . |
| 5 | Sit up and keep you company , no problem . |
| 6 | Now the idea behind that is that it builds up and keeps in trim the muscles of the feet and ankles and legs , which is going to be what gets you about because you realize your retirement is going to be as good as your legs . |
| 7 | One solution would be to shut up and keep a low profile ; Jeremiah tried to do that , but … discovered that he could n't stop speaking . |
| 8 | And of course , if you look at it er , logically , I mean , for a a woman to be tied up and kept in a room , you know , and kept prisoner all her life you could hardly expect her to be sane even if she did |
| 9 | These are cut up and kept separately . |
| 10 | Can you shut up and keep still ! |
| 11 | Their reaction , towards the east and to the Gulf war too , has been to pay up and keep their heads down . |
| 12 | Violent basilar headaches , worse ( < ) lying down , they must sit up and keep still . |
| 13 | If a related question ( eg ‘ Have you received any training or instruction in setting up or keeping accounts ’ ) resulted in a negative answer , then this could be pursued further to find a way of improving the situation ; for example by arranging for accounting instructions to be held at the EPH , or by ensuring that newcomers received formal or informal training in accounting procedures , and so on . |