Example sentences of "had to keep [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Iranians had to keep their part of the various bargains , and both sides had to keep to punishingly complicated timetables ; after everything possible had been organized , the rest had to be put in God 's hands . |
| 2 | She had a heavily lined face , a prominent , almost hawk-like nose , but she had kindly eyes and every so often she would display a vein of sharp humour that suggested her family had to keep their shoes clean when they approached her little parlour . |
| 3 | They had to keep their eye over , keep tidy . |
| 4 | Maybe only the really bad cases , those who were hooked , had to keep their habit going . |
| 5 | Try as Mrs Crump did — a sidle into the hallway , an uncharacteristic visit to the stables , even a late saunter down the road towards the village and the lake — she could not engineer an early encounter with the glamorous newcomer and so had to keep her patience until the morning . |
| 6 | She knew she had to keep her nerve . |
| 7 | It took a great mental effort to move and go upstairs to change ; even then , she had to keep her mind blank , and it was only as she cooked the evening meal , every action mechanical , that she thought clearly again . |
| 8 | She had to keep her wits about her in the next few minutes . |
| 9 | We still had to keep our life jackets at the foot of our bunks in case of raids . |
| 10 | It was n't but a few months ago that I was telling them how bad everything was , how we had to keep our spending down to new lower budgets because if we did n't the next cuts we would have to make would be human ones . |
| 11 | We had to keep our hair right under our caps , look ver very much the nurse . |
| 12 | We had to keep our nerve and keep playing , ’ Sharpe added . |
| 13 | ‘ We had to keep our hands on the reins at that point in the race though we were still allowed to carry the whip and use it to prevent horses running out , refusing , or causing accidents . |
| 14 | Fame is a less brilliant commodity in England , but nevertheless he had to keep his address secret , to protect himself not only from letters and telephone calls but also from undesirable visitors who might arrive at Carlyle Mansions . |
| 15 | He had to keep his arms free as he needed them to keep the snake from suffocating him . |
| 16 | A man had to keep his money close . |
| 17 | It was formerly a narrow single-track with passing places throughout its eleven miles , a slow journey during which the motorist had to keep his foot on the brake and his eyes alert for oncoming cars . |
| 18 | Councillors stayed for the entire show to make sure nothing untoward occurred , which meant SIMON DUDFIELD had to keep his fly buttoned for once . |
| 19 | Chopra had to keep his mind in order . |
| 20 | In private Michael still had to keep his end up against attacks , that to be religious was to be a fool , though less frequently now because Frank travelled abroad and was away much of the time . |
| 21 | With wafer-thin profit margins , this meant he had to keep his planes to full capacity if he were to meet his debts , which he was never able to do . |
| 22 | When the guard had gone he had to keep his blindfold on while he overcame his anger and humiliation . |
| 23 | Mr Wormwood had to keep his hat on all through supper in front of the television . |
| 24 | He had said to the clergyman that opportunity would n't knock , but you never knew and you definitely had to keep your spirits up or you 'd go to the wall . |
| 25 | And you had to be careful and you had to keep your hands clean . |
| 26 | He had looked at his wife 's unguarded face and forgotten for a moment that life was a deadly game in which you had to keep your cards close to your chest and your back to the wall , your eyes open and your nose clean in order not to end up in the gutter with your hat in your hand . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , I had to keep my options open , and there was someone else with whom I was involved . |
| 28 | To minimalise any swelling , I had to keep my hand in a sling , raised above shoulder height . |
| 29 | I would be paid well but I had to keep my mouth shut . ’ |
| 30 | There was not far to go ; I only had to keep my eyes straight ahead and my pace unhurried . |