Example sentences of "[v-ing] to keep [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also accused Cafiero of seeking to keep himself in office by introducing a clause allowing him to stand for re-election in the 1991 gubernatorial elections . |
| 2 | WITH COVENT Garden on the rise , West Soho , London 's Eighties mecca of zonal shopping , is looking to keep itself on the agenda . |
| 3 | But I was going to keep myself under control whatever he said . |
| 4 | The lack of security of employment makes flexible working a kind of half-way house , and this half-way house contains a number of workers struggling to keep themselves from dropping into the abyss of the underclass . |
| 5 | I put my other hand up to my face too , and put my head down on my knees , trying to keep myself from going to pieces . |