Example sentences of "keep [pers pn] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Putting two sentences together into one sentence , instead of keeping them as separate sentences , indicates a certain degree of closeness between them . |
| 2 | She liked her job , she needed her job , the building society with whom she had her mortgage would very much like her to keep her well-paying job — but she had no idea how she could go about keeping it if that swine in the new extension said , ‘ On your way ’ . |
| 3 | And so , if I was wicked enough , he would keep me till I was undone and till his mind changed for even wicked men , I have read , soon grow weary of wickedness with the same person , and love variety . |
| 4 | She 'll keep them till I get back ’ |
| 5 | Well he said we can keep them as long as |
| 6 | ‘ He 'd keep them because he liked the feeling of having them and because he might like to use them some day . |
| 7 | Its chairman , David Murray , wrote to Mr Gillespie saying that instead of handing over the shares on the previously agreed dates , he could keep them until he was 65 in 1991 , when they would be transferred to MIH in one lump . |
| 8 | Although he has said that he is not in favour of that , he would nevertheless still keep them if that was NATO 's decision . |
| 9 | Can we keep them if we got them ? |
| 10 | Anyway , you 'll keep her if you can , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 11 | You know , I 'd rather keep him than sell him , but |
| 12 | In his concluding essay , Urwick wrote : The club can catch him , but can not discipline him , the Boys ' Brigade can discipline him to a small extent , but can not catch or keep him when he most needs it ; the voluntary evening school can do neither . |
| 13 | If you do n't use it straight away , you should keep it where you can find it when you need it . |
| 14 | ‘ How can I keep it if it 's not mine ? ’ |
| 15 | Well in fact you could keep it if you want . |
| 16 | ‘ Only if I can keep it if she does n't . ’ |
| 17 | Tell her that I shall keep it until I am an old man . |
| 18 | After watching the growth of this fish from ¼″ to 10″ , I 'll keep it until it leaves naturally . |
| 19 | He goes you can keep it till I need it again . |
| 20 | I 'll always keep it because it shows the original sort of colours that Fair Isles were made in . |
| 21 | Well I put it on the stuff and it 's blown , I 'll keep it because that 's what I 've just used . |
| 22 | All of my fish are from South America and although I find fish from other parts of the world attractive , I have never had any desire to keep them until I saw a Myxocyprinus asiaticus . |
| 23 | We ought not to have to keep them until they 're about seventy , in nearly the lap of luxury . |
| 24 | Er you , you want to keep them because you think they do alright and |
| 25 | ‘ I would prefer to keep them if it 's all the same with you . ’ |
| 26 | The agency wants to keep them as collateral for a securitisation package it plans to sell later this year . |
| 27 | If 14 days be a reasonable length of time in such a contract in this particular trade , and if he waits seven days before entrusting the goods to a third person on sale or return , that third person has the right to keep them as against him for 14 days , whereas the original owner has a right to the return of them within seven days from that date and I think that is clearly an act inconsistent with anything but his having adopted the transaction . ’ |
| 28 | Could it have been the age old story of having more children to keep you when you get old ? |
| 29 | I merely want to keep you where I can see you while I dress more in accordance with entertaining an unexpected caller . |
| 30 | ‘ His parents were too poor to keep him so they lent him to a forester . |