Example sentences of "kept up the [noun] [prep] " 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 She kept up the palazzo for twenty years — two decades .
6 He kept up the pressure with his shoulder to give himself the widest gap possible .
7 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 .
8 Nevertheless , ministers and the NHSME took implementation seriously and kept up the pressure on Health Authorities .
9 The Nottinghamshire opening partnership of left handers kept up the pressure on a shaky Worcestershire attack .
10 Waringstown kept up the pressure on leaders Lisburn with a 45-run win over Woodvale at Ballygomartin Road on Saturday .
11 Second and third produced a 9–9 stalemate , so Harrogate kept up the pressure for a final place after their 13–7 home victory over Winnington Park .
12 But Novacek kept up the pressure throughout the fourth and in a nail-biting final game he unleashed a pair of winning service returns to set up victory .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 Factory expansion kept up the demand for machines and power which fed the heavy industries .
16 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 .
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