Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [conj] kept " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
| 2 | Jackson Chatterton stirred as though he proposed to clean up the mess himself , but I waved him down and kept my eyes on Rickie . |
| 3 | Whilst he was laid up for six weeks in Middlesex Hospital , Minton visited him regularly and kept his family in Northumberland informed as to his progress . |
| 4 | But he only smirked at them maliciously and kept silent . ) |
| 5 | He took it down and kept it beside his bed . |
| 6 | weapons , and it was the dagger and you could n't work it out and kept on asking |
| 7 | He would have settled us down and kept us calm , and there is no doubt that we would have won , ’ said Mr Ferguson . |
| 8 | ‘ There were times when I just wanted to give up and catch the next train home , ’ said Bill , ‘ but it was the thought of all the people at home praying for us and wishing us well that kept us going . ’ |