Example sentences of "stir up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French were restless , and Joan of Arc stirred up patriotism and led a revolt against the reign of King Henry VI . |
| 2 | Aung San 's courage and leadership were shown again in January 1947 , when his political opponents , including the Communists , stirred up agitation against the London Agreement before Aung San had time to get back to Burma and explain the facts . |
| 3 | In every way possible preachers and troubadours stirred up enthusiasm . |
| 4 | I know that in talking frankly about death I have touched many a raw nerve here , and possibly even stirred up guilt and feelings of unease . |
| 5 | Not a servant-girl ; not even a slave , though the enquiries themselves had stirred up panic . |
| 6 | But already plans to use the substance have stirred up controversy . |
| 7 | Dubbed Lizzie by the Press , this find has stirred up controversy amongst paleontologists . |
| 8 | Moet reckons the wannabes ( or ‘ customers ’ ) have n't only stirred up trouble , but have spoiled a good thing with their inept boosting methods . |
| 9 | The sensual Margaret Tudor very quickly stirred up trouble by taking a second husband , the sixth Earl of Angus — a Red Douglas , who proved to be a greedy bully and unsuitable either as a husband or a stepfather . |
| 10 | They would have stirred up trouble for nothing . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're stirring up scandal . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ There 's no point in stirring up scandal if it is n't necessary . ’ |
| 13 | As in 1933 , he accused the Jews abroad of stirring up agitation and boycotts against Germany , and claimed that this had made an impact on Jews inside Germany itself , whose public provocative behaviour had stirred up countless complaints and calls for action by the government . |
| 14 | Whether the fish enjoy this operation is another matter , — bear this in mind when stirring up silt and syphoning it out . |
| 15 | Can , can we answer this question about why , why we 're stirring up misery ? |
| 16 | An agitated old lady addressed Ramsey severely and asked why he did not go back to his own country and do good there instead of stirring up trouble in the United States . |
| 17 | Early in 1935 Göring assured Ambassador Lipski that , far from stirring up trouble in the border , Danzig was quiet only because the Nazis were in control . |
| 18 | ‘ I can only assume they either think he 'll be too busy with other matters or that he 'll be stirring up trouble . |
| 19 | While all this was going on agents of Naggaroth were abroad throughout the Old World stirring up trouble . |
| 20 | For the most part other trade union leaders of the day accepted that the Federation was an active agent in stirring up trouble for Wilson . |
| 21 | So too did many others , on both sides of the Pennines , not all of them obeying the mischievous hints of Captain Goldsborough , of course — since even he could not have been in so many places all at once — but intent on stirring up trouble nevertheless . |
| 22 | He would he 'd been identified as a character that was at least stirring up trouble , but gradually this filtered through to the authorities . |
| 23 | Jane had driven over to Zoe 's in happy anticipation of stirring up trouble : the other woman 's clothes and beads were tangible evidence of Lowell 's love affair . |
| 24 | write to him as well disgusting , as if you do n't , you do n't need that sort of aggravation from a teacher stirring up trouble like that making the kids making him a laughing stock , he does not need that , its just not on is it ? , and as he says I 'm sure she does it on purpose . |
| 25 | There had been disaffection among the Welsh in the universities for more than eighteen months now , and many a wandering musician had been thrown into prison for stirring up sedition with his tribal songs , and more than one had been put to death . |
| 26 | Another kind of cloudiness is caused by the fish stirring up mud and sediment on the floor of the pool . |
| 27 | Sisulu said that the ANC believed that a " third force " was stirring up violence in the townships between ANC supporters and those of the Zulu-based Inkatha Freedom Party led by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi . |
| 28 | English political interests on balance dictated help for the Protestants , even though that in itself meant the risk of stirring up reaction from France and perhaps even Spain . |
| 29 | Bundles fell down , stirring up dust . |
| 30 | Even the nastiest Soviet generals do not seem to want to restore ‘ international class struggle ’ — stirring up third-world trouble for the West . |