Example sentences of "[noun sg] to keep [pers pn] in line " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second tactic he regards as an attempt to keep him in line . |
| 2 | She had not yet learned how greatly Brian exaggerated his financial problems in order to keep her in line . |
| 3 | However , they have told me recently that , when I was about nine or ten , they thought me a bully because I would surreptitiously pinch them or pull their hair in order to keep them in line — that is , in order to make them behave as my parents would have wished them to . |
| 4 | The Nepalese rupee was devalued against the US dollar by 20.96 per cent in two moves on July 2 and 3 in order to keep it in line with the recently devalued India rupee [ see p. 38334 ] . |
| 5 | ‘ In fact , children do not need systems of punishment and reward to keep them in line , but they do need discipline . |