Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] keep " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lewis had n't made up his mind whether to sell Wyvis Hall after he had smartened it up a bit and with the proceeds buy a bigger and better London house and a country cottage or to keep the Hall and sell off some of the land for agriculture . |
| 2 | Besides anchorites who were physically enclosed , there were also those who led eremitical lives of greater physical mobility , preaching and teaching , sometimes performing labouring tasks like road-mending or keeping care of bridges , sometimes living more haphazardly off the charity of others . |
| 3 | A control account is merely an extra account inserted at the back of a ledger or kept separately to make the ledger self-balancing . |
| 4 | This is a tribute to Labour 's smooth campaigning , in which the unacceptable faces of socialism have been either wreathed in benevolence or kept off the screen altogether . |
| 5 | And er , I thought I 'd probably have wall paper on that wall , you know , use , use the curtains just as plenty of fullness , but have them for keeping out the light or keeping in the heat , |
| 6 | That the raiseing or keeping a Standing Army within the Kingdom in time of Peace unlesse it be with consent of Parliament is against Law . |
| 7 | When you are trying to lose weight or to keep your weight down , it sometimes seems like needless fuss making a ‘ proper cooked lunch ’ . |
| 8 | This time it 's Murray Mouse : Supercop that comes up for a lump of cheese and a quick spin on the squeaky exercise wheel that keeps the whole house awake at night . |
| 9 | The driving force that keeps you on the road best . |
| 10 | That generated a bonanza that kept many troubled banks afloat . |
| 11 | It 's the follow-up for a TV programme that keeps eluding us all . |
| 12 | Sometimes he felt that it was only the power of his concentration that kept everything in order . |
| 13 | Bright and windless intervals , ideal for working , alternate with high winds , overcast skies , and blowing snow that keeps the parties tent bound . |
| 14 | This is bottom-line anathema for the corporate class , since it would outlaw the pauperised , feminised work force underpinned by immigrant $6-an-hour labour that keeps the profit curve from dropping through the floor . |
| 15 | For eighteen months Steel-Maitland worked with Law at the Colonial Office , a useful liaison that kept the leader and Chairman in close touch . |
| 16 | His eyes narrowed on her wind-tossed hair and strayed down to the skirt that kept billowing up around her legs . |
| 17 | Come down and snooze in a garden when I am a dragon , an ocean-lurking , sky-flying free dragon ; when the mother wind that keeps the world spinning caresses my scales as I fly across the moon and bring warnings and hopes to the fiery heart of the world ; when I can dance aloft at dawn , so that the rising sun turns my every scale to a pure diamond and the tides and rhythms of the oceans slow down in delight . |
| 18 | IT 'S seeing the funny side that keeps Les Barker buoyant . |
| 19 | Collagen , the rough semi-elastic web that keeps the lower layer of skin supple , needs vitamins B6 and C and zinc to keep it healthy . |
| 20 | In the end , they agreed only ‘ to take stock and keep in touch ’ . |
| 21 | She watched as the boy ate ravenously , he was one of a large family and though his father was in regular employment at the copper works , he drank a great deal and kept his wife and children short of even the bare necessities of life . |
| 22 | Space , however , was limited and Malc and I and the kids had to share one bedroom and keep praying for a council house of our own . |
| 23 | You 'll have to get your stuff down and , you know what one we 'll have to get , you know those big cases that she get 's from Ikea , and bring it all down and get one of those for your bedroom and keep it all in Started your homework yet Lee ? |
| 24 | It helps you to build up speed and keeps your fingers from getting so tired , as well as prolonging the life of the keyboard . |
| 25 | If the country does not save enough to achieve the target , we will alter taxes and public spending accordingly , to ensure adequate long-term investment and keep the economy developing in a non-inflationary way . |
| 26 | The PO system would bring about stability which will , in the long term , help protect investment and keep businesses and 6,000 jobs alive within our economy . ’ |
| 27 | Molly stood on the battlements of the terrace and kept a look-out . |
| 28 | We had to keep our nerve and keep playing , ’ Sharpe added . |
| 29 | Now the organisers are hoping to drum up support from local businesses to beat the threat of closure and keep the Playday alive . |
| 30 | Nor will you have to be running marathons or plunging into the swimming pool every day in order to maintain a reasonable level of exercise to speed weight loss and keep metabolic rate high . |