Example sentences of "to keep [pers pn] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , she had some Holy Water in it , and she used to spray it about , and it used to keep them out for a bit , you know . |
| 2 | Yes ar are not that good but I 'm working at it on a sort of regional basis erm but you may have to keep me here for a very long time in order to achieve it . |
| 3 | We can say we 're going to have to keep you off for a bit longer yet . |
| 4 | " I think it would be safer to keep him in for a bit longer . " |
| 5 | so he said I 've had to , they 'd have to keep him in for ten days or more you know |
| 6 | Because they had to keep him there for so damn long in this inquiry er the senate inquiry and all the stuff on the Lusitania . |
| 7 | Told me to keep him still for a couple of days . ’ |
| 8 | Did I think it would be a wise move or should she try to persuade Meredith to keep her on for Christmas ? |
| 9 | But we can not hope to keep her here for ever . |
| 10 | Nothing had ever been able to keep her down for long — another advantage of her Arian birth-sign , her mother would have insisted . |
| 11 | He has to do more than they do , and he has to keep it up for much longer . |
| 12 | You wo n't be able to keep it up for more than a week . ’ |
| 13 | Oh , well , you 're gon na have to keep it up for about a month before you notice any difference |
| 14 | Why did he have to keep it there for three hours ? |