Example sentences of "[noun sg] to keep [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sometimes , when he was writing , she hung around in the conservatory to keep him company . |
| 2 | Therefore the plant should be grown in a mixture of coarse sand and some peat or bulb fibre to keep it dwarf , low-growing and encourage many plant clumps , which form an excellent carpet of bright green flora . |
| 3 | John likes to keep the horses separate so that they do n't kick each other , but Hopscotch often jumps into Milton 's paddock to keep him company ; and sometimes if the weather is bad , one of the children 's ponies is turned out with him , otherwise Milton , who is a bit of a softy , will hang around by the gate in the hope that someone will take pity on him and take him back to his warm stable . |
| 4 | Look at us now , on this wild heathland with only the grass and the sky to keep us company . |
| 5 | Charles of France might shrink from fomenting a direct war , but he would be glad to use every oblique weapon against the upstart king who had deposed his son-in-law , and sent his little widowed daughter back in clumsy state , but without her dowry , which had been fed of necessity into King Henry 's treasury to keep it solvent during his first year of kingship . |
| 6 | The couple were determined their honeymoon should be too , despite equal determination on behalf of the world 's press to keep them company . |