Example sentences of "have to keep a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And I have to keep a diary of who spoke on it .
2 ‘ We do , but there 's never enough good clothing to go round so we have to keep a check on who 's had what .
3 As we live only a short distance from the Thames , we have to keep a net over the pond , as two years ago we lost 18 fish to a heron .
4 By the same token , we have to keep a watch on dates so as to see that this Eleanor is not Eleanor of Aquitaine , but her great-greatgranddaughter , Eleanor of Castile , wife of Edward I of England .
5 ‘ You have to keep a sense of proportion , ’ says Zelda West Meads .
6 They have to keep a logbook but that 's only a check to make sure that nobody 's leaving a mess in the common areas and we only have it because we 've found that some residents can have problems because they 've become deskilled in certain things .
7 ‘ You have to keep a perspective on things .
8 Traditionally , Archdeacon Oliver explains , archdeacons dealt with legal and property matters , but although they still have to keep an eye on architects and parsonage houses , their work is far more , nowadays , to do with pastoral negotiation .
9 As you travel you have to keep an eye — and an ear open for the Minotaur .
10 But I have to keep an eye on prices .
11 That 's why I have to keep an eye on it cos that blind and that , but it wo n't come yet , it would n't have been on that , that was priced it .
12 So you really have to keep an eye out .
13 We are accountable to the public in many different ways , and we always have to keep an eye on the fact that the public are looking at what we are doing with our money and local politicians and the community 's representatives are always anxious to talk to us about what we are doing with that money and we must be prepared to answer any queries or any questions on our activities or those activities of people that we 're sponsoring .
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