Example sentences of "[noun] keep me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually I left them to it and went off into the night , the bells keeping me company through the streets . |
| 2 | Will the Minister ensure that his Department keeps me advised of all developments relating to that sad event ? |
| 3 | ‘ It wo n't do you any good to keep me here , ’ she said at last , in a dull voice . |
| 4 | could you find that warm duvet to keep me warm . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's probably why he instructs my head of department to keep me so busy , ’ she answered lightly , and then , with a jolt of astonishment , wondered if Naylor did have anything to do with the multitude of files that landed on her desk every day . |
| 6 | I 'd slipped out of bed , leaving Margot the launderess and her sister Phoebe gently snoring ( they sleep on either side to keep me warm ) , and crept downstairs to my secret chamber , behind the high table in the Great Hall . |
| 7 | I do hope there wo n't be any emergencies to keep me from going again tomorrow . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I will also return to England , and any further attempt to keep me here I shall count as kidnapping . ’ |
| 9 | I recoiled so much I thought I was going to topple backwards but the cable round my legs kept me anchored to the beer keg . |
| 10 | U2 keep me happy ! |
| 11 | I doubt she has the technical skill to keep me static for very long , but she certainly has acquired just enough understanding of particle physics and the footnotes to the hard-to-find tenth-century Babylonian edition of The Sword of Moses to slow me down just long enough to cramp my style . |
| 12 | No , I I 'm not no , I 've got enough plates to keep me going . |
| 13 | Sailing mostly single-handed , and being like the rest of twentieth-century man a prisoner of time , I cheated by having an outboard engine to keep me going when the elements did n't help . |
| 14 | But I remember only too well the time when we had nothing in the bank and we lived in rented property because we 'd sold our home to keep me racing . |
| 15 | The Spender is ‘ My parents kept me from children who were rough ’ : |
| 16 | The prospect of a hot lunch at the Cluanie Inn kept me going , but on arrival there , after ten miles of misery , I was dismayed to find the place closed and nobody in sight . |
| 17 | ‘ Farming keeps me fit too . |
| 18 | Breast-Arrest keeps me cool , comfortable and in control ! ’ |
| 19 | There was no need for you to bring me here , no need to keep me here . ’ |
| 20 | But Firefly kept me busy all morning , as I told you . |
| 21 | ‘ If the chairman keeps me , it 's not because he thinks I 'm a good chap or the world 's a nicer place when I 'm here . |
| 22 | You 're his guardian angel — the one person keeping me away from him . |
| 23 | ‘ And then Riccardo drove a perfect race to keep me behind him until I pitted after 29 laps . ’ |
| 24 | I am not exactly pushing a supermarket trolley but I make sure I have plenty of apples , bananas and water to keep me going . |
| 25 | He 's not all that crazy about Pogo anyway — he says he is n't a strong enough character to keep me in order ! |
| 26 | But my In Love body forgets about food and sleep and produces its own adrenalin to keep me flying through every hour . |
| 27 | Roxburgh said : ‘ One of the staff will be at the game with a portable ‘ phone to keep me in touch . |
| 28 | I 'm due at the village , only Shelley kept me — talking . ’ |
| 29 | The telephones kept me just about busy but the potential for job satisfaction in the tasks I was required to do was almost nil . |
| 30 | Inside , the stove kept me warm while I cooked or whenever I made a mug of tea which was three or four times a night . |