Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] to keep [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously all the planets that we see orbiting the sun must be travelling at exactly the right speed to keep them in their orbits , or we would n't see them there because they would n't be there ! |
| 2 | Carry an old T-shirt to keep you warm and go through those vital stretches we have you last month . |
| 3 | The chest may be painful and they hold it when coughing and lie on the painful side to keep it still and put pressure on it . |
| 4 | Life in Parma at the beginning of the school year seemed normal apart from the Fascist propaganda in the papers , but one began to sense that the members of the Party were becoming even more arrogant and domineering than before , and that it was increasingly important for people with different ideas to keep them to themselves and never to discuss politics . |
| 5 | Gloucester MP Douglas French said when Gooding escaped that Coney Hill was the wrong place to keep him . |
| 6 | There was a posy of pale spring flowers wrapped in damp newspaper to keep them fresh , a bag of potatoes tied with bristly twine , six eggs in a carton , carrots unearthed from the sandheap in which they had lain stored against invasion of the wire-worm , and a selection of dessert apples , no mere windfalls but blemish-free bests , each polished to a rosy sheen by Loopy Lil . |
| 7 | Will it force British Steel to keep it open ? |
| 8 | There was quite a social calendar to keep me occupied if I ever tired of my own company . |
| 9 | If you enjoy walking , this could be heaven there are over 80 kms of marked paths to keep you occupied and walks are arranged weekly with an English speaking guide , both easy and strenuous . |
| 10 | There were many goats on the island , and I made fields with high fences to keep them in . |
| 11 | I doubt she has the technical skill to keep me static for very long , but she certainly has acquired just enough understanding of particle physics and the footnotes to the hard-to-find tenth-century Babylonian edition of The Sword of Moses to slow me down just long enough to cramp my style . |
| 12 | Most of the people you saw with false teeth had masturbated when young , it was a well-known fact , only there was a conspiracy between dentists and what Lewis called the vitamin-C lobby to keep it secret . |
| 13 | The earth 's flora and fauna contain in their genetic make-up a huge , virtually untapped , resource and it is in the interest of future generations to keep it intact . |
| 14 | Weight loss is itself a rewarding consequence , but because you need to lose a fair amount of weight before it is really noticeable in terms of body shape , you will probably require extra rewards to keep you going . |
| 15 | could you find that warm duvet to keep me warm . |
| 16 | Codemasters ' director David Darling said : ‘ The fact that Sega has chosen to wait to sue until just before our commercial launch shows this is a blatant attempt to keep us from the market they control . ’ |
| 17 | Yet most of the buildings we see today date from the 12th century or later — Henry II 's great medieval fortress , strengthened in the 13th century , was remodelled by Georgian and Victorian engineers to keep it up to date . |
| 18 | Not only do we need to strengthen up the entire body to keep it in good working order but there are certain areas that need extra exercise to give the area more definition ; areas that accumulate unwanted flab . |
| 19 | The Lea valley is probably Hackney 's most precious environmental assets , and there is a paramount need to keep it away from development-mad Newham at all costs . |
| 20 | Kant thinks , for example , that one who breaks a promise , because it is going to land him in personal difficulties to keep it , can not will that everyone would break their promises in these circumstances , for the situation in which no one kept promises which it turned out in the least difficult or vexatious to keep is an impossibility . |
| 21 | ‘ And then Riccardo drove a perfect race to keep me behind him until I pitted after 29 laps . ’ |
| 22 | Most people accepted more money needed to be spent on the railways with extra staff to keep them going , he said . |
| 23 | In return , the ABT runs courses for full- and part-time teachers to keep them up to date with developments in banking education . |
| 24 | It was unfortunate that Blackburn J. chose to describe liability under the rule as resting upon ‘ an absolute duty to keep it [ sc . |
| 25 | A perfect way to keep you feeling fresh and looking good , Femfresh are also dermatologically tested and gynaecologically approved . |
| 26 | I was so frightened you 'd walk out of my life again that I sank to ignominious depths to keep you close to me . ’ |
| 27 | Ireland is presented as a place whose feminine nature makes the country require a more powerful masculine presence to keep it from the savagery of the giant who is unmistakably a Roman Catholic monster . |
| 28 | As he snipped several inches off the length of Aimee 's hair , he pointed out why he encourages all his clients who have fine hair to keep it in a short style — or at least above their shoulders . |
| 29 | To the right of the steps was the gas cooker , a black monster which provided lots of hard work to keep it clean and at the side of this stood my father 's wooden tool chest . |
| 30 | Though there needs to be a little ambiguity to keep it interesting . |