Example sentences of "keep me at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Money is my motivation , but what keeps me at the top is that I 'm petrified of losing . |
| 2 | Even if I did n't have a job that keeps me at the other end of the country for most of the year , this sort of place could n't provide a living . |
| 3 | I can never be grateful enough to them for the sacrifice they made to keep me at school , when even ten shillings a week would have relieved the pressure on the food bill . |
| 4 | You 're absolutely desperate to keep me at arm 's length . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It was n't because you believed me to be unavailable , to keep me at bay , by any chance ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ How long are you going to keep me at a distance ? ’ he rasped . |
| 7 | Although my work as CBC Production Manager kept me at a desk rather than on the production floor , I was occasionally able to produce plays . |
| 8 | No , Louise , no matter what you say , Nora kept me at arm 's length . ’ |
| 9 | That 's right yes , yeah that bit that was just like what they call a swan neck , just like the swan and that was like that and so it kept me at load level , they were built by and some of the best cranes I 've ever known on the dock . |
| 10 | I never suspected a thing , even though my supposed father always kept me at arm 's length . ’ |
| 11 | Now you get frightened and keep me at arm 's length ! |