Example sentences of "stepped up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trace , suspecting Randy 's incessant baiting might have some basis in desire , stepped up the spite . |
| 2 | But the Doctor had already wrenched the tank about and stepped up the output of the traction motor . |
| 3 | Than Tun stepped up the propaganda campaign to end military government . |
| 4 | Wharton , however , who won inside the distance for the 10th time , gradually stepped up the pace as the fight went into its second half . |
| 5 | We stepped up the pace . |
| 6 | Rangers stepped up the pace towards half time with McPherson firing a shot just wide of goal and Duncan Ferguson sending an overhead kick past the post . |
| 7 | However , the US administration stepped up the food aid programme in spite of the Lavoro scandal and the suspicions of the Department of Agriculture . |
| 8 | But Brian Horton kept it in his office and said that he could n't have it until everybody stepped up the game a little bit , and they stopped conceding goals . |
| 9 | But with Wigan using up all their substitutes when Skerrett came off , Hull stepped up the tempo in the second half . |
| 10 | France yesterday stepped up the pressure on the Government to join the ERM . |
| 11 | When Manly-Warringah dropped out of the chase , St George stepped up the pressure and have never really let off . |
| 12 | Kirov stepped up the pressure . |
| 13 | Her call sharply stepped up the pressure on Prime Minister John Major who has so far ruled out military intervention in the savage civil war . |
| 14 | In the seconnd half Swindon stepped up the pressure and then a controversial penalty with Mitchell chasing there 's a mix-up in the box and in the melee , the referee blows up for a penalty saying Southend number 3 had held back Mitchell . |
| 15 | The principal , Sir David Smith , yesterday stepped up the pressure in the row over ministerial pledges , as the university court agreed to go ahead with up to 28 sackings . |
| 16 | CHINA stepped up the pressure over Hong Kong yesterday , threatening to remove its government after 1997 in complete breach of the handover agreements . |
| 17 | After a break , the play had more life with it as City stepped up the pressure and encamping their opponent 's half for long periods . |
| 18 | Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown stepped up the onslaught but his Commons demand that the Chancellor should be dragged to explain himself before MPs was unsuccessful . |
| 19 | Stepped up the security in our house . |
| 20 | No stepped up the security in the house . |