Example sentences of "keep it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Water management is the major part of fishkeeping — but I do have this fantasy about keeping it to the minimum and this partly explains the filtration system I am suggesting , based on a fairly standard undergravel . |
| 2 | The primary task of monetary policy is to fight inflation , keeping it to an acceptable level . |
| 3 | It was almost as if , after years of stolidly predictable behaviour , an old and respected great-uncle had declared himself to be a Buddhist or a Muslim or the follower of some obscure Eastern mystic , and , instead of keeping it to himself , insisted on dressing up in a variety of different-coloured kaftans and talking to people loudly about The Meaning of Life at drinks parties . |
| 4 | ‘ If I have , I 'm keeping it to myself . ’ |
| 5 | You , you know how I feel , I mean er Rob does a lot of good work but he keeps it all to himself and we 've got ta be bigger than keeping it to ourselves , it 's everybody 's responsibility vocational education from right down from year seven right the way across the board , they 've got ta |
| 6 | I think I 'm keeping it to under twenty . |
| 7 | But if Mr Menzies had thought of this he must have been keeping it for another Sunday . |
| 8 | But the shopman had already bowed as though keeping it for her was all any human being could ask . |
| 9 | ‘ Insulting , then , ’ she agreed quietly , determined not to lose her temper , although if he was going to carry on in that vein the chances of her keeping it for very long were absolutely nil . |
| 10 | I wondered if they passed that Trade Union ( positive vetting ) file over to someone else or whether they were keeping it for my return . |
| 11 | Erm by the land that 's being redistributed , they are actually keeping it for themselves , and that how that they 're |
| 12 | Just an empty box John but I 'm probably keeping it for erm |
| 13 | I was just keeping it for wee Jonathan . |
| 14 | I 'm keeping it for him , like . |
| 15 | I was keeping it for cleaning the car . |
| 16 | On Friday , though , Alesi had been the top man as he claimed the overnight pole , but he lost any chance of keeping it with a wall-bashing incident , which came as no surprise to anyone who had watched his outrageously extrovert efforts . |
| 17 | When path picks up line of iron fence continue to follow this , keeping it on left-hand side , to reach trig point on summit . |
| 18 | Make your way to Cridmore Farm keeping it on your right . |
| 19 | Under the heading ‘ A better quality of life ’ , Labour 's policy review for the 1990s declared that the future of the planet depended on keeping it at the top of the agenda : |
| 20 | ‘ You 're sending it and keeping it at the same time ? ’ |
| 21 | He was gritting his teeth against the pain , keeping it at bay while he studied the stump , the severed hand . |
| 22 | Public spending — or rather , keeping it under control — is the job of the Chief Secretary , the Treasury 's other Cabinet minister . |
| 23 | Halfords , one the country 's leading independent after-sales parts suppliers , said it was ‘ keenly aware of the EC move ’ and was keeping it under review . |
| 24 | Since you will be constantly referring to your picture for colour reference I would recommend keeping it under glass and just taping the sides very firmly to stop the flowers being damaged . |
| 25 | They 'd been keeping it under lights , and it seemed to be growing quite happily with one end in a pot of special plant water . |
| 26 | Maggie had the greatest desire to answer in Spanish and confound him , but in the first place she was n't exactly up to it , and secondly she was keeping it under her hat . |
| 27 | You 're supposed to be keeping it under control , Owen . |
| 28 | We we 're keeping it under the first weight bracket er for for cost reasons . |
| 29 | Our civilization has at least this to its credit , he wrote , that it has found a way of rounding up this dishonest crap and incarcerating it in morgues , in fortified places with guards and alarm bells and the rest , thus keeping it off the streets , protecting decent citizens , and now , he wrote , there are even moves afoot to repel intruders by making them pay hard cash to enter these fortified places . |
| 30 | 2 Straighten left leg out behind you , keeping it off the floor . |