Example sentences of "[vb past] to keep [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was one of the top men we tried to keep a close eye on — when we could . |
| 2 | ‘ But I felt really good early on and I went to the front and tried to keep a steady pace . |
| 3 | The centre of the fighting was the headquarters of the Hasidic Lubavitcher sect where blacks and Jews exchanges volleys of bricks and bottles , whilst police in riot gear tried to keep the two groups separated . |
| 4 | As teams of temps struggled to cope with the mounting chaos , Jackson tried to keep the Equal Opportunities flame burning . |
| 5 | In the mountain-top refuge of Karfi , a few straggling survivors tried to keep the Minoan way of life going , but it had fallen into lifeless stereotypes . |
| 6 | Although the V&A 's sculpture department tried to keep the sixteenth-century bronze statue in the country , it seems that it was not felt to be of sufficient merit to meet any of the Waverley criteria governing rules on the export of works of art from Britain . |
| 7 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
| 8 | A short stab of icy wind made him huddle deeper into his cloak and he stirred to keep the hot blood flowing through his veins . |
| 9 | One of the earliest jottings I made when I began to keep a crime-writing notebook concerned just this business of plot . |
| 10 | Before long it was realised that the nutritious liquid was excellent feeding for pigs and , although pig-keeping had been unpopular in the county until then , almost every Ayrshire dairy farm began to keep a few of them . |
| 11 | Hands grasped the now frightened convener as his mates fought to keep the pressing mob at bay . |
| 12 | When Suzy failed to keep a six o'clock appointment her worried boss rang police , who later found her purse and straw hat . |
| 13 | Following Fidel Castro 's seizure of power , Kennedy failed to keep a gung-ho CIA in check , which proceeded with its ill-conceived invasion plans of Cuba . |
| 14 | They had always written off their mother 's manoeuvres as tribal tactics devised to keep the two of them for her kind , with their father as some sort of lower ally in the endeavour , more deeply absorbed by his autonomy and his cigars than by the dynamics of living with his wife . |
| 15 | German doctors at a university hospital in Bavaria planned to keep the unnamed brain-dead woman 's body functioning for the sake of the child , which was not due to be born until next April . |
| 16 | No , it was n't the first time , but remembering what had happened previously , how he had kissed her and , worst of all , how she had responded , she knew it was the last place she would have chosen when she needed to keep a clear head ! |
| 17 | That means maintaining 1,800ft of copper piping installed during the statue 's centenary in 1986 to syphon off rainwater , as well as the stainless steel vacuum cleaning system needed to keep the interior spotless . |
| 18 | As they speed towards a moving insect , the pitch of their cries is constantly changing , continuously hunting for just the pitch needed to keep the returning echoes at a fixed pitch . |
| 19 | I decided to keep a low profile , after all I was a guest . |
| 20 | De Craon decided to keep a wary eye on Edward . |
| 21 | For the time being , Mungo decided to keep the real answer to himself . |
| 22 | As you know , I decided to keep the same colour scheme as we have in Paris . |
| 23 | When I first began the work that I am doing now , I decided to keep an open mind about the topic ; but , as time has progressed , I have been able to record details of fact , time and place given to me by my patients which have later been checked and confirmed and found to be wholly accurate . |
| 24 | Over-fishing is avoided , and two men employed to keep a wary eye out for mussel rustlers . |
| 25 | ‘ We managed to keep a live feel to the record firstly by not using any click tracks ; we recorded drums and acoustic rhythm guitar together to start each song off . |
| 26 | However , he managed to keep a certain degree of sanity by exercising himself in regular bucking sessions at about four o'clock every afternoon . |
| 27 | Her eyes innocently wide , she gave a slow smile , because she had known it was a viewing platform , of course ; and he knew that she knew , which meant that he was teasing her , and that he was one of those people who always managed to keep a straight face . |
| 28 | Benton and his Assistant Editor managed to keep the New Times of Burma going and we could still use the radio , but it was obvious that things were moving to a climax , and I was desperately afraid that violence would develop throughout the country . |
| 29 | Our players were magnificent in defence in the second half and we somehow managed to keep the Irish out ’ — RICHARD GACHES ( Thurrock captain ) after the shock defeat of London Irish in the Pilkington Cup third round . |
| 30 | Usually she managed to keep the looming black cloud of misery at bay , but there were times when her thoughts would drift away and her eyes would mist . |