Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] to keep [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Graham was supported by Manchester City boss Peter Reid who said : ‘ Wright 's a quality player , the sort of striker to keep you on your toes . ’ |
2 | The man , he must have plenty of money to keep it , carrying it |
3 | I mean it must cost a fair amount of money to keep it going cause , the calls are free |
4 | ‘ That 's probably why he instructs my head of department to keep me so busy , ’ she answered lightly , and then , with a jolt of astonishment , wondered if Naylor did have anything to do with the multitude of files that landed on her desk every day . |
5 | It is not recorded in what mischief the Lord Mayor of York used to indulge , but the Lady Mayoress had a three foot long staff of honour to keep him in order ! |
6 | Any kind of open fire needs a considerable volume of fuel to keep it alight . |
7 | A large machine like Penry Vaughan 's body must need a fair amount of fuel to keep it running efficiently . |
8 | Apart from the abundance of nature to keep you busy , there are several historic and archaeological sites , museums and botanic gardens to visit . |
9 | Erm that was a bad time er a critical time , they did n't know if he were gon na live or die then erm he 's had a number of transfusions to keep him alive but er he 's stable at the moment . |
10 | They 've seen language labs , which are great , more or less mould away for lack of resources to keep them in working order , and they see micros coming in at a time when everything else is being cut . |
11 | And then the bucket too which has been kept full of water to keep it from expanding and leaking which otherwise it would do . |
12 | With backing from Citrine and Self , Smith tried to exercise such leverage , and ( when he failed to persuade the existing boiler manufacturers to respond ) proposed to attract new firms to the industry by the promise of orders to keep them in business . |
13 | We 're also giving away a cosy pair of totes Toasties — unique mittens for feet , with treaded soles — and a pair of gloves to keep you both warm on your flight . |
14 | They had needed the eccentric goalkeeping of Grobbelaar to keep them in the match up to the 111th minute , when Anderton suddenly revealed why so many scouts have been beating a path to Fratton Park . |
15 | He 's probably got a private cache of cheap cider or meths hidden somewhere under a paving slab to help him nod off at nights , and a pile of newspapers to keep him warm . |
16 | This does n't apply , however , if you 're only offering them a small amount of food to keep them hanging around the sett for a little longer than usual . |
17 | ‘ Well , all right , so I thought the decision was surprising , but I 'd long since realized that if I allowed that sort of thing to keep me awake at night I was going to be a chronic insomniac . |
18 | I wrote and said that a lot of members our pension , we could n't afford it , and that we owned our own hall so therefore we had a lot of cost to keep it in good repair and why was it nine pound . |
19 | Same number of overheads to keep me happy , but you 've got ta write less to keep you happy , there you go . |
20 | As far as Howard Wilkinson is concerned , Leslie Silver was quoted in the article as saying ‘ We would fight like hell to keep him ’ . |
21 | In Manchester a similar service was offered by Support in Debt founded , also in 1987 , by Stuart Giles who three years later was appealing for £500,000 to keep it going . |
22 | When opened , relates David Gieve in his bicentenary history of the famous tailors , it disclosed a small life insurance policy and a charming letter in which he said he wished the proceeds of the policy to be applied to settling his final account , and if there was a surplus he would be glad for Gieves to keep it as a modest token of his gratitude for a lifetime 's service . |
23 | Undertakers ' men and grave-diggers had to be copiously supplied with liquor to keep them at work , and this added to the disorder and indecency . |
24 | The swelter in summer squeezed on the planes of his skull like a knight 's helmet overheating in the sun , before the Saracens taught the Christians to wear veils , and the winds of winter bit into his brows like braces screwed onto scaffolding to keep it rigid , and set pain skirling through his body . |
25 | Once winter-flowering heathers finish flowering , clamp them lightly with shears to keep them compact . |
26 | Though Belgium has been pouring money into Sabena to keep it upright , officials said there was no question of illegal state aids . |
27 | It 's recommended that these are used in conjunction with brushes to keep them from clogging . |
28 | But his introduction to drugs came from the Paramount doctor who , under orders from studio boss Adolph Zukor , started pumping morphine into Reid to keep him working after he had suffered head injuries in a train crash in 1919 . |
29 | Lord Denning explained that ‘ There are some things which may be required to be disclosed in the public interest , in which event no confidence can be prayed in aid to keep them secret . ’ |
30 | In the tank we had to get in huddles to keep us warm . |