Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] to keep [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many counties had drawn on their reserves to keep rate increases down in their own election year of 1989 . |
| 2 | Captain Burrows may have been the head of the household but Mrs Burrows was definitely the heart.Joyce used to have terrible nightmares about what would happen to " all the little children " if God did not answer her prayers to keep mother " safe and well and strong " . |
| 3 | He shouted out the lyrics in a coarse powerful voice , and the musicians smiled and redoubled their efforts to keep pace with him . |
| 4 | Sometimes the waltzer whirls in a graveyard , sometimes in an empty house , encircled by a ring of shadows , who flap their wings to keep time . |
| 5 | 12 She shifts her body and flips her wings to keep balance , then looks at me and makes a new sound , like peeEP ; very sharp . |