Example sentences of "to keep [pron] [adv prt] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crowd was shouting and gesticulating , parents lifting children on shoulders to keep them out of the crush , fists punching the air , workmen 's tools being waved like weapons . |
| 2 | According to a recent report from the Consumers Association , a dose of only 3g of iron is enough to kill a toddler , yet few vitamin and mineral supplements are sold in child-resistant packs , so it 's vital to keep them out of the reach of children . |
| 3 | Alternatively , they may be lifted up the backstay by shockcord to keep them out of the way . |
| 4 | To keep them out of the weather . |
| 5 | To keep them out of the value added tax system altogether . |
| 6 | Charlie , now a light middleweight , could n't wait to get in the ring while Tommy somehow managed to keep himself out of the firing line , although both of them became aware of Captain Trentham 's menacing presence as his swagger stick continually struck the side of his leg . |
| 7 | Their rooms were next to each other and identical : shabby exercises in spartan comfort , designed to keep you out of the room and in the hotel lounge . |
| 8 | This , of course , has provided an extra excuse for the highly protective Kinnocks to keep him out of the firing line . |
| 9 | With Goodman 's hamstring injury certain to keep him out of the weekend 's home clash with Brentford , Colquhoun looks set to be handed another chance to prove himself to the fans . |
| 10 | We were warned to keep him out of the bedrooms , and for days we resisted the howls and barks and pneumatic drill impersonations . |
| 11 | To keep him out of the trees he 's using a simple invention devised by Barnes Wallis for the Dambusters raid . |
| 12 | To keep him out of the trees he 's using a simple invention devised by Barnes Wallis for the Dambusters raid . |
| 13 | The injuries are almost certain to keep him out of the Christmas cracker match at the National Ground on Monday and hand his two biggest rivals for the Welsh No 10 jersey the chance to shine . |
| 14 | While Sequoia is optimistic that payment will ultimately be received , the uncertainty has led it and its auditors , in completing the year-end audit , to keep it out of the figures until the picture becomes clearer . |
| 15 | ‘ We 'll do everything to keep it out of the press , ’ he promised me . |
| 16 | It had cost him twenty-five shillings , but worth it because of not being able to keep it out of the library long . |
| 17 | Colonel Astor had bought The Times in 1922 specifically to keep it out of the clutches of Lloyd George , who was seeking a personal political base and had money to spend from his earlier sale of honours when Prime Minister . |
| 18 | erm well I mean I think there 's a problem for adults as well as children in that we I do n't think it 's helpful to cover ourselves in guilt about erm what happens to the suffering that other people experience , arguably erm in order to maintain us in the living standards , you know , we 've learned to expect , but at the same time I think that the situation in the world is only tolerable to us psychologically because on some level we convince ourselves that erm those people who are starving and those children who are in a hysterically trying to keep themselves out of the way of shrapnel and hiding night after night in freezing cold shelters in Baghdad are not really people and not really children in the same way that we 're people and our children are children , and do n't feel things in the same way . |
| 19 | ‘ School ’ , he writes , seemed to have one aim , ‘ to keep us out of the air and from following the normal pursuits of the fields … |