Example sentences of "[pers pn] keep up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I keep up the woods . |
| 2 | I kept up a close correspondence with my parents , partly because I knew that they missed me , and partly from natural inclination and affection . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I was personally told he was not concerned about my past so long as I kept up a volume of business , ’ he said . |
| 5 | And all the time I kept up the visualization . |
| 6 | So I kept up the act , I opened the door and said his name in a quiet voice and hobbled weakly across the cellar and up the steps . |
| 7 | ‘ So — I kept up the pretence of believing you were using drugs , hoping you 'd accept having me around all the time in a bid to prove your own innocence . ’ |
| 8 | How long could she keep up the pretence of being a competent sailor ? |
| 9 | You do in a swimming pool because what happens to you , it makes you keep up the top does n't it ? |
| 10 | ‘ That 's the only reason you kept up the pretence ? ’ |
| 11 | Please use it as a reminder to ensure that you keep up the good work and the resolutions you have started . |
| 12 | I believe it works marvellously , as long as you keep up the hormones . ’ |
| 13 | She kept up a running commentary as she chased him 50 yards across Lawrence Road before collapsing in a pool of blood . |
| 14 | She looked like a little black chattering chimney pot , for as the smoke rose up through her veils she kept up a constant conversation . |
| 15 | She kept up a flow of nervous chatter from the kitchen while she brewed up two cups of instant coffee . |
| 16 | ‘ Course , in time she came to know her mother 's death was n't an ordinary drowning accident , but she kept up the pretence . |
| 17 | She kept up the desperate battle until another ambulance reached them near Hexham , Northumberland . |
| 18 | She kept up the palazzo for twenty years — two decades . |
| 19 | In our part of the world we keep up the brave talk for the sake of the image of the region , so that there may be at least some inward investment and so that those industrialists , small business , training centres , local enterprises and cooperatives which are struggling so hard to make a go of it , will not be discouraged from at least having a go , but there is n't much hope and conviction really . |
| 20 | This is a unique chance for them to retain the use of this line and I urge them to keep up the pressure . |
| 21 | Arithmetic not only took my mind off the leg , but also spurred me to keep up a pace of four miles an hour . |
| 22 | Even when I can understand all they are saying , they give me little opportunity to reply , so anxious are they to keep up the headlong momentum of their own speech ; then they complain that I say nothing ! |
| 23 | Theda threw her a grateful look , and hurried after Miss Merchiston , whose familiarity with the steep staircase enabled her to keep up a cracking pace . |
| 24 | We knew Malcolm had been really impressed with Hell in New York because they kept up a correspondence . |
| 25 | They kept up a twenty-four-hour vigil outside Coleherne Court , and plagued her at the kindergarten . |
| 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 | Thistle made sure they kept up the pressure on Alex Totten 's men by defeating Falkirk at Fir Hill , with Alan Dinnie scoring the winner . |
| 28 | With Simon Smith newly-installed on the drum stool , they kept up the relentless touring pace in 1988 and found themselves playing sizeable venues like London 's Town And Country Club . |
| 29 | Sometimes the skilled were actually a species of sub-contractor , paid by output , who hired their unskilled assistants at a flat time-wage and saw to it that they kept up the pace . |
| 30 | I helped her keep up the house . |