Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] to keep [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jamie shoved one hand down the back of my cords to keep me from falling on my face , and put the other hand on to my forehead , murmuring something . |
| 2 | Then she added with an air of responsibility , ‘ It 's my job to keep them in order . |
| 3 | Er and er anyone who 's got that sort of contract , take my advice to keep it . |
| 4 | She heard her father say , " Then , by the Holy Sacrament it is his promise he has broken , and can not expect my daughter to keep hers . " |
| 5 | The exact circumstances are forgotten , but I do remember serving as baby-sitter for the Menuhin infant while Papa Yehudi took his violin off to the concert , and I recall walking up and down with the child in my arms to keep it from crying . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , it — it is in my interests to keep it hidden , I admit . ’ |
| 7 | It 's not expensive to live here and I earn enough from my lessons to keep me going . |
| 8 | ‘ I told my Dad to keep him locked up or on his lead . |
| 9 | She dodged away among the throng , her red hands now clutching her pockets and the tartan shawl tied over her chest to keep it on . |
| 10 | When it saw what pleasure the servicemen had from the course , the Club was pleased its struggle to keep it open had been successful . |
| 11 | with their sticks to keep them steady . |
| 12 | It had been a sentimental gesture on her part to keep it ; now she asked herself what was the point ? |
| 13 | Did a bitch do more than submit when she was mounted by a strange dog in the street , held down by his teeth in the loose flesh of her neck to keep her still and ensure his better satisfaction ? |
| 14 | As it moves , the scorpion relies on information from air passing over its hairs to keep it on a straight course . |
| 15 | The Wembley midfielder launched a sensational attack on the ‘ Caring Club ’ and accused them of not caring enough in their bid to keep him at Roker Park . |
| 16 | Just as well , they say , that Valerie has the children and her work to keep her occupied . |
| 17 | The whole workforce turned up outside the Bentley Piano factory at Woodchester as part of their battle to keep it in business . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , ’ she breathed , her desire to keep him at arm 's length dwindling to nothing . |
| 19 | If a participant leaves in other circumstances ( retirement excepted ) the option will lapse unless the Directors exercise their discretion to keep it open for a longer period . |
| 20 | It 's all part of their game to keep us guessing . |
| 21 | What fans did n't see was special effects boss Derek Meddings on the floor with his hand up her dress to keep it from ruffling up and his assistant up a ladder holding the tension on a piece of fish wire while the zip was being pulled down . |
| 22 | After all , it 's in their interests to keep you going — if you 're pushed into total insolvency you become a worse debt to them . |
| 23 | For younger children , play the same game but this time they can hit the ball with their hands to keep it in the air . |
| 24 | The father of a six-week old baby told Valerie Yule , ‘ We know other parents who smack their babies to keep them quiet . |
| 25 | Some parents feed their children to keep them quiet , not realizing that they can provide emotional support in other ways . |
| 26 | The previous one had never been clean before the next one arrived ; they had had dummies shoved in their mouths to keep them quiet until they were four or five ; and they crawled , ran and fell around the place — filthy , whining and hungry — until Onyx was forced to give them some of the attention they needed . |
| 27 | And that misuse of the aerosol sprays is probably responsible for about three thousand five hundred deaths , but I think you 've got to put that into perspective , first of all against the six thousand people who are killed on the roads every year in Britain , and you 've also got to set it against our estimate that there are more than a quarter of a million people alive today who would have died in childhood if it had n't been specifically for the advantage of being able to take medicines , anti-biotics generally in their childhood to keep them alive . |
| 28 | He had made her promise to keep him in touch with developments . |
| 29 | No wonder she 'd struggled so hard against it , doing all in her power to keep him at a distance . |
| 30 | fill their tanks to keep them running . |