Example sentences of "[be] kept [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously there are no simple solutions to a difficult relationship with a demanding parent , but it can often be kept ticking over on a mixture of kindness and firmness and a refusal on your part to come out of your corner for a fight every time she chooses to ring the bell . |
| 2 | This is cos they tend to be high status professionals who 's time is relatively precious , so that you can go to the extent of actually having waiting rooms that you can be kept hanging around in . |
| 3 | Clients who rang in during telephone bingo would be kept hanging on indefinitely . |
| 4 | Being late will count against you far less if no one has been kept waiting around as a result . |
| 5 | Often , after the starter has told you to strip off , you are kept hanging around , mostly for television , and under those circumstances your hamstrings become very vulnerable . |
| 6 | Ho was kept hanging about at Biarritz . |
| 7 | I was kept hangin' about , while they took the poor sod away . |
| 8 | Food was short and for two days I was kept running round trying to buy up supplies , with the result that I had to retire to bed with blistered feet . |