Example sentences of "to keep [pos pn] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't think I 'd be able to keep my sanity or my family if it happened again , but there was no way I was going to let him make me sign for a loan I did n't want . |
| 2 | And I must do my best to keep my word while I still have the strength . |
| 3 | The row was awful , everyone was shouting at me , while I as umpire was trying to keep my dignity and said " The umpire 's decision is final . " |
| 4 | ‘ I prefer to keep my dignity and freedom . ’ |
| 5 | I have often much ado to keep my countenance when I hear and see him , though really the man means well ; and Oh ! he does load one with such great , big , thumping , barefaced compliments , bestowing a pretty decent one on himself now and then . ’ |
| 6 | Adidas managed to keep their cool while all about them were losing theirs because their trainers were playground staples and their kit designs were head and shoulders above the rest . |
| 7 | COMMUTERS from Essex to London have been urged to keep their cool as they as face up to today 's nightmare journey to work caused by the national one-day rail strike . |
| 8 | The government had failed to approach economic reform comprehensively , and , lacking sufficient support from the CPSU politburo , had bowed to pressure from " various industries and the old managerial structures which sought to keep their position and maintain the command methods of administration " . |
| 9 | As they left the court , Peter and Dulcie Smith said they would fight to keep their home and their livelihood : |
| 10 | This initiative will enable the Association to assist its members and their staff to keep their knowledge and skills up to date . |
| 11 | The only words of comfort I can give are that the more emotional freedom you give your children , the more likely you are to keep their love and affection . |
| 12 | After all , in view of the calibre of candidates they approach , they should be able to expect them to keep their confidence if asked . |
| 13 | ‘ Our players will have to keep their discipline because the Cypriots will be up to all the tricks . |
| 14 | There are some good points — like explaining that everyone knows how to keep their balance and that normal balance should be used when skiing . |
| 15 | The workers who were fiddling at this particular factory were able to keep their self-image and conduct their working lives as good citizens ; like most unconvicted white-collar criminals they were not stigmatised . |
| 16 | Change is slow and unspectacular but nevertheless constantly occurring , allowing the organization to keep its balance where most of its contemporaries — Icebreakers , Gay News , GLF and many others — have slipped and lost their footing . |
| 17 | She struggled to keep her temper as she choked out , ‘ Yes , sir ! ’ |
| 18 | The threat of the soldiers was momentarily forgotten as she struggled to keep her footing and prevent the animal from bolting . |
| 19 | And she would do it , Emily clenched her hands into fists , she would fight to the last breath to keep her heritage and to preserve the good name of the Grenfells . |
| 20 | She strove to keep her amazement and joy out of her voice , to be as laconic as he was also struggling to be . |
| 21 | Julia tried to obey , as she tried to do everything he demanded of her over the next few days and as she tried to keep her misery and pain and fear from all of them . |
| 22 | I saw the news and went round to keep her company while she waited . ’ |
| 23 | Her daughters have however been contacted so I agree to keep her company until they arrive . |
| 24 | money for light and they 've been having to keep her pension and like giving her so much at a time because it 's been going missing with all the money ! |
| 25 | ’ He was wandering now , his voice had dropped as he struggled to keep his thread and a restlessness at the back of the gathering broke out in shouts of ‘ Speak up ! |
| 26 | At first , Simon spoke slowly and Athelstan had to fight hard to keep his composure as the chill of the dungeons seeped through his robe , turning his legs to blocks of ice , but then Simon allowed his emotions full rein . |
| 27 | Or would the West cry foul , and declare that Mr Gorbachev can not , after all , be trusted to keep his word that the Brezhnev doctrine is dead , and that he will not interfere in the Warsaw Pact countries ? |
| 28 | But even though it did in a campaign where he was one of Tottenham 's top performers , Venables has been unable to keep his word because of chairman Alan Sugar 's attempt to oust him from the club . |
| 29 | He grabbed one forearm and broke it , then a blow on the forehead knocked his eyesight out of kilter , another thumped his ribs and he gave up , sliding hunched down the wall trying to keep his groin and kidneys safe . |
| 30 | Henry II decreed by the Assize of Woodstock that in every Forest county four knights should be appointed as agisters to agist his woods , and twelve knights ‘ to keep his vert and venison ’ . |