Example sentences of "and keep up [art] " in BNC.

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1 Spirit and flesh both quailed before so difficult and rowdy an audience on so difficult and perilous a subject … as I sat in the committee room while the order of the meeting was being arranged , and heard my audience shouting , singing , crowing like cocks … and keeping up a continuous uproar , I thought to myself , ‘ I have got to go into that and control it somehow so as to be heard ’ …
2 I 'll try and keep up the good work . ’
3 Harry can not accept the fact that she has activities and commitments that do not directly relate to him , and keeps up a constant pressure on her to give up her job so that they can spend all their time together .
4 To limit the posterns of the court to a single ingress and to keep up the stock of horses , swans and bees .
5 We need to retain the choice to present ourselves to the world as ‘ not-beautiful ’ , to prevent suffocation and keep up a satisfactory interaction with people and tasks that we encounter .
6 A man who is made redundant may feel unable to tell his wife what has happened and keep up the pretence of leaving for work every day .
7 Anyway , thanks MKM and keep up the good work !
8 Challenges , charts ( top 200 and music at least ) , and keep up the PD file … it 's great .
9 Many thanks , and keep up the good work !
10 ‘ Now — ’ he turned to Sophie ‘ — will you hold it , please , and keep up the tension while I put on the plaster ?
11 ‘ The Private Finance Initiative will provide a means to build even closer relationships with the private sector and keep up the momentum of regeneration . ’
12 Had Edwin spent idle hours in this room while his daughter made a great parade of doing the housework and kept up a running vituperative commentary on the last person or event to incur her displeasure ?
13 John moved in with his eighteen-year-old bride in 1766 , and kept up an appearance of middle-class solvency .
14 He wanted an answer quickly , he was n't used to delay of any kind and kept up the pressure , ‘ Please give me your answer , ’ he implored .
15 Nevertheless , ministers and the NHSME took implementation seriously and kept up the pressure on Health Authorities .
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