Example sentences of "he [vb past] to keep [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to keep going , his hands wringing sounds from the theremin . |
| 2 | Unnerved and saddened by her bouts of instability , he tried to keep going , spending as much time as possible out of doors and away from her . |
| 3 | He managed to keep working , paid for his board and lodging , helped her to look after the handicapped boy and did a few jobs around the house . |
| 4 | He longed for rest but knew that he had to keep moving , and hauling on the line , he got his hands on to the taffrail and vaulted into the cockpit . |
| 5 | The funeral director had a cold ; he had to keep reaching into the back for tissues . |
| 6 | He had to keep scratching . |
| 7 | The sickness rose into his throat , and he had to keep swallowing . |
| 8 | The weight of the engine tugged his nose down and he had to keep tugging it up again . |
| 9 | So of course he had to keep smoking them until he 'd finished |
| 10 | A sixteen-year-old girl ( they 're always sixteen in this story ) who had been having regular sex with her boyfriend , began worrying that he might lose interest in her if he had to keep wearing a condom . |
| 11 | He had to keep breaking off so he could mop the sweat from his face and neck . |
| 12 | He had to keep looking for new places he had n't fouled up . |
| 13 | The Brigadier was bouncing the jeep once again along the road out of Pontino , sending up sprays of wet grit and grumbling continually under his breath , this time because he had to keep switching the wipers on and off . |
| 14 | He says his father wrote it a script and went to London to record it , but he was rather worried because he was a big smoker and he had to keep clearing his throat . |
| 15 | ‘ He had to keep fighting from the inside , almost get his body born again , ’ she said . |