Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | ‘ Course , in time she came to know her mother 's death was n't an ordinary drowning accident , but she kept up the pretence . |
6 | She kept up the palazzo for twenty years — two decades . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | He kept up the pressure with his shoulder to give himself the widest gap possible . |