Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] keep " in BNC.
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| 1 | the proletarian party must first of all advocate the proclamation and immediate realization of the complete freedom of secession from Russia of all the nations and peoples who were oppressed by Tsarism , or who were forcibly joined to or forcibly kept within the boundaries of the State . |
| 2 | She kept the pregnancy to herself — or rather kept it from herself , and from everyone else , for too long . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , Adobe has opened its doors , lifted the veil on Type 1 fonts and promised to do all it can to make , or rather keep , the current PostScript standard flying . |
| 4 | The two elements , those who more or less kept the rules and those who never tried , had always lived side by side in Paradise Street . |
| 5 | ‘ Basically what we did was occupy the airport and set up positions more or less to keep the locals , cattle and goats off the runway , ’ said Captain Dave Hall . |
| 6 | People who mix old and new oil or just keep topping it up are sacrificing the good oil for the bad . |
| 7 | " Or still keeping our relationship to a " strictly neutral business acquaintance " ? |
| 8 | ‘ He has forbidden me to fast or even keep the days of abstinence . |
| 9 | They could also be taken on to rough pasture , to distant resources , or even kept in woodland ( their natural habitat ) , though milkers would not be taken too far from the settlement . |
| 10 | Reading , or even keeping books in your home has become illegal and firemen must investigate all complaints , find the offenders and destroy their books , after which they will be dealt with appropriately . |
| 11 | USE THROWS TO GIVE NEW LIFE TO AN OLD SOFA , AN INSTANT CHANGE IN DECOR — OR SIMPLY TO KEEP YOU WARM . |
| 12 | You could get quite a lot from this book , either by reading it as a whole book , or by dipping into it either as you need to know something , or simply keeping it handy and reading the occasional topic when you get bored . |
| 13 | Deliberately buried either as ritual offerings to accompany the burial of the dead , as gifts to the gods , or else to keep objects safe , finds can also be buried as a means of disposal . |
| 14 | Now two Americans , Vincent Wilson and Peter Jones at the University of Southern California , have evidence that one of the actions of cancer-causing chemicals may be to jam the mechanism that normally keeps these genes — as well as other cellular genes — under control . |
| 15 | The music that just keeps on reinventing itself . |
| 16 | ‘ Real , or are they saying that just to keep out of trouble ? ’ |
| 17 | Although normally kept shut , there is an escape hatch for the after cabin in each of the cockpit seats . |
| 18 | Yeah I definitely think she ought to have have a check up better to have a check you and it be nothing , than just keep hanging on saying it 'll go away and it does n't , it just gets worse . |
| 19 | Part of hir was afraid Jahsaxa was planning on more than just keeping hir as a highclass whore . |
| 20 | Within insurance companies , actuaries have a much wider responsibility than just keeping the statistical score . |
| 21 | But today 's beach games are n't quite the volleyball and handball that once kept a generation fit . |
| 22 | 'Cos my mum 's got one of these people that always keeps the stock up , she wo n't let it get really low , |
| 23 | Not just on my own he just said that , it was a bit bad cos I , I said to him , you know , who 's going and he listed like er reeled off , I ca n't remember , reeled off a load of blokes yes last night and I said are there any girls going and he said well I 'll see if I can get Laura and Giles to come and I said yeah I feel much better about that , you know , whatever and then today he said erm look ca n't go and was a real , I du n no he 's got something and he 's usually like the real medium and he , you know , if there 's e if there 's ever like a pregnant pause then he 's the one that like keeps it all going |
| 24 | Herr Nordern heaved on the steering-wheel and swung the Lada into the relative safety of a narrow street shadowed by the bulk of a church where he pulled up , although wisely keeping the engine running . |
| 25 | It was Annabel 's friendship and her acceptance by the Kirkley family that really kept her in the House of Christ the Saviour , where there was no laughter except in the kitchen with Sister Cecilia and sometimes a covert smile from Sister Aloysius . |
| 26 | Only regulations 9 , 10 and 11 have a legal requirement for record keeping but Martin Newell , of the CIA 's COSHH guidance task force , believes that well kept records will prove to be a useful source of epidemiological data , as well as an invaluable resource to companies who may find they need to demonstrate compliance with the regulations as a result of litigation . |
| 27 | Wild creatures , tamed or untamed , shall be regarded as property ; but a person can not steal a wild creature not tamed nor ordinarily kept in captivity , or the carcase of any such creature , unless either it has been reduced into possession by or on behalf of another person and possession of it has not since been lost or abandoned , or another person is in course of reducing it into possession ( s.4(4) ) . |
| 28 | But it is this very oil that currently keeps the wheels of British industry turning . |
| 29 | They too mentioned things like delays in supplying commodes that currently kept patients waiting . |
| 30 | If he got on top of his weeds and successfully kept them under one could be sure he was a good farmer . |