Example sentences of "[pron] keep [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I keep her under the white rock . |
| 2 | Laurie , known to the boxing boys as Lol , believes boxing can give ‘ lads with fire in their belly ’ an ambition which keeps them on the straight and narrow . |
| 3 | I want to say that , given the political constraints , and the constraints of past practice which keep us within the old mould , it is a better-balanced mould than what preceded it . |
| 4 | For though you and your ancestors got your property by murder and theft , and you keep it by the same power from us that have an equal right to the land with you by the righteous law of creation , yet we shall have no occasion of quarrelling … |
| 5 | She kept them in the other day because she sa , erm or something need to keep the , we think it was them anyway with Mrs kept one group in cos erm , she said that someone had nicked off with her pen or something and it was underneath the desk , it had rolled off the desk ! |
| 6 | To her , religion was morality and appearance , and she kept it in the same compartment of her mind as her dinner napkins . |
| 7 | But if we keep them for the next ten years they 're a a real bargain , if , if , if |
| 8 | ‘ Older than you , married , female : it was up to me to keep us on the straight and narrow . |
| 9 | When Stephen was in hospital they kept us on the same house with all the mothers and babies , even though I had asked to be off it . |