Example sentences of "[pron] kept up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And all the time I kept up the visualization . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's the only reason you kept up the pretence ? ’ |
| 5 | During all the long years of the war it was she who kept up the morale of all of us , especially my father , who went through many difficult times . |
| 6 | ‘ Course , in time she came to know her mother 's death was n't an ordinary drowning accident , but she kept up the pretence . |
| 7 | She kept up the palazzo for twenty years — two decades . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He kept up the pressure with his shoulder to give himself the widest gap possible . |