Example sentences of "kept up the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He confronted savages on tropical shores , quelled mutinies on the high seas , and in a small boat upon the ocean kept up the hearts of despairing men . |
| 2 | Jim had not in ‘ a small boat upon the ocean kept up the hearts of despairing men ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Captain Martin Linge , a Norwegian intelligence officer with the Troop , kept up the momentum of the attack , leading a second assault on the hotel until he , too , was killed trying to force open a door . |
| 6 | It seemed the season would start happily when Mick Harford kept up the habit of scoring on his debut with a superb 84th minute strike from 20 yards which went in off the underside of the bar . |
| 7 | Then , eight hours later , Swede Magnus Larsson kept up the pattern of the last nine days by sending 1989 champion Becker packing 6–2 6–3 3–6 7–5 . |