Example sentences of "[Wh det] kept [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Don Cameron was Head of Talks , and I was usually in charge of his visit , which kept me busy for the few days he would be with us , twice a year .
2 The mullah made a drink from the berries which kept him awake throughout his prayers , and so began the tradition of coffee drinking .
3 But it was not the warmth of the night which kept him awake , nor the hectic business of the day in the office , where they had had to deal with all the additional pressures which the murder had brought to the diocese .
4 One reason for this was that all officers of the Associations were honorary and had other jobs which kept them busy .
5 Our barrack room was warm and we had a stove in the middle which kept us warm in the night .
6 Nigeria was what kept her alive .
7 ‘ That 's what kept me awake last night — facing up to the fact that my behaviour , anyway as far as you were concerned , was as devious and manipulative as anything that William Ash could come up with .
8 That what kept us warm .
9 ‘ Just so you know what kept us busy . ’
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