Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] keep " in BNC.
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| 1 | For them there was nothing tame about not living in the fast lane ; nothing sanctimonious about unconsciously keeping clear of the edge of the cliff . |
| 2 | ‘ I see a growing demand for the Longhorn from Continental farmers who are moving out of dairying and are looking for easily kept beef cattle that can thrive outdoors all year round , ’ says Mr Close . |
| 3 | He received a dressing down for not keeping a proper guard . |
| 4 | The two stars are furious with officials in Florida for not keeping the affair secret and want those involved in the ‘ blatant breach of confidentiality ’ fired . |
| 5 | I felt sure that if Mr Reed had lived he would have treated me kindly , and now , as I looked round at the dark furniture and the walls in shadow , I began to fear that his ghost might come back to punish his wife for not keeping her promise . |
| 6 | The rationale for not keeping creditors accounts is not only rather shortsighted ( because you might lose the goodwill of your suppliers ) but it does not apply to debtors accounts — it is for certain that you will want to know precisely who owes you money and how much they owe you . |
| 7 | Within my college work , I had already taken the decision to devote more time and concentration to HNC/Ds ; just because they work smoothly and efficiently and have a good reputation is no excuse for not keeping actively in touch with this area . |
| 8 | She wondered whether Bryony was offended ; perhaps she thought Carolyn was criticizing them for not keeping it cleaner . |
| 9 | Cheney declared himself " stunned , angry and frustrated " by his involvement in the scandal and , like many other offenders , blamed dubious administrative practices by the bank for not keeping a more accurate record of the state of his account and for not keeping him more closely informed of his financial position . |
| 10 | Cheney declared himself " stunned , angry and frustrated " by his involvement in the scandal and , like many other offenders , blamed dubious administrative practices by the bank for not keeping a more accurate record of the state of his account and for not keeping him more closely informed of his financial position . |
| 11 | Even if this were n't so , there would probably be good economic reasons for not keeping up the maximum pulse rate all the time . |
| 12 | The club are already struggling to pay £75,000 in fines to the Football League after being fined £50,000 for not keeping proper financial books . |
| 13 | And of course I was to blame for not keeping on his and making him do something about it . |
| 14 | And he , he says erm he did n't really study that much because he was going , like , he was erm doing languages and er because they they were , moaned at him for not keeping up cos of this project , quite a few of them , you know |
| 15 | How about just keeping it in the bag ? |
| 16 | Whatever the rhetoric behind these sentiments , they reflected precepts of duty and service , and were antipathetic to notions of merely keeping boys off the streets . |
| 17 | Anyhow , I hate the idea of just keeping away . |
| 18 | ‘ About art and commercialism , ’ said Brian , ‘ what you should say is this : that advertising has developed into a valuable art-form and the big international companies are the art patrons of today , but instead of just keeping one artist the industry employs thousands of talented people . ’ |
| 19 | Technologically and economically it requires more explaining than is now possible , not least because of the loss or destruction or records , to say nothing of not keeping them at all . |
| 20 | He was also aware that constant allusions to the awful consequences of not keeping the lid screwed down would bring to heel , like so many Pavlovian dogs , those within his own camp who hankered after some form of leadership other than his . |
| 21 | There is a perception amongst informed people in the community that there may well be a shortage of long stay beds in Leicestershire and you do need to bear in mind that the National Health Service is increasingly going down the road of not keeping people in hospitals longer than they have to because hospitals are perceived as being very , a very expensive way of providing beds and you have to take that into account because that 's a fairly clear national policy and you are likely to see an acceleration in that process from what I read in the national press . |
| 22 | There are miles of well kept paths for walking or cycling . |
| 23 | The cost of simply keeping the Falklands going is approximately £20,000 per person per year ( compared with Britain , where the figure is about £4,500 per person ) . |
| 24 | But Afshan says the problem is not that , but one of how to keep one life style without rejecting the other , or , as Meena , the girl from Acton put it ‘ I never regard myself as English . |
| 25 | The 1988–89 Committee spent a long time agonising over the problem of how to keep the broadcasters at arms length , so that their editors would not be able to provide the signal in ways that might be journalistically attractive but would be repugnant to Members . |
| 26 | ( Of course we understood none of this really , we just thought she was fabulous ; when she left us , simply left us , taking only the jewels , we were terrified and had no idea of how to keep things going . |
| 27 | Having introduced us to the widely ranging Cichlasoma family , and given ideas of how to keep them , our three cichlid experts , JEFF CHALLANDS , MARTIN CHANDLER AND PHIL ROBINSON move on to the nitty-gritty of tanks and equipment . |
| 28 | ‘ When The Group left , ’ says Nicky , ‘ we did have the problem of how to keep body and soul together . |
| 29 | A woman with more than five hundred cacti has worked out a solution to the prickly problem of how to keep the plants looking at their best . |
| 30 | Bau-Bau , the island 's main town , revealed itself as a collection of neatly kept white stilt houses , nestling beneath jungled mist-shrouded hills . |