Example sentences of "keep her at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mandy did n't come to the meeting , Mrs. Maddison keeping her at home as a punishment for her disobedience in going into the swamp . |
| 2 | The Doc 's patented micro-organisms were beavering away inside , keeping her at the peak of perfection . |
| 3 | Marek was fencing with her , keeping her at bed 's length . |
| 4 | I take it you have n't been keeping her at home and just not sent a note ? |
| 5 | She felt she had learned nothing about him as a man , that in some secret way he was keeping her at a distance . |
| 6 | He 'd laughed at her , teased her , and succeeded in keeping her at a distance . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's why I 'm keeping her at my place for the moment . ’ |
| 8 | And it is Britain she thanks for the startling transformation and thinks will keep her at the top . |
| 9 | If you are lucky , you may even see Nancy Blackett at anchor among the little yachts and ancient barges and houseboats , although her present owner , Michael Rines , usually keeps her at Ipswich . |
| 10 | But however much he hated the thought of allowing Sara to commit herself to a man she had never met , he knew her too well and loved her too much to try to keep her at home against her will . |
| 11 | We 've got to keep her at least until she 's sixteen . |
| 12 | She was only here because he 'd manoeuvred it ; now he seemed determined to keep her at arm 's length . |
| 13 | Robbie could scarcely believe this was the same man who was at such pains to keep her at a safe distance , until she reflected that in Fen 's eyes Miss Taylor would present no threat to his reserve . |
| 14 | When his own daughter passed the age of twelve , Salah kept her at school and persuaded the parents of six of her contemporaries to do the same . |
| 15 | The tired horse faced a journey of at least twenty miles across heavy country so he kept her at a sedate trot . |
| 16 | Highly ambitious , but not a high achiever , Modesty and a lack of confidence have kept her at the Post Office ‘ instead of earning twice as much as Lord Hanson ’ . |
| 17 | But perhaps , by telling him of it she might break through the shell of quiet self-sufficiency and recollection that had kept her at bay since his return from Student Cross . |