Example sentences of "to keep [pn reflx] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graham 's back arched agonizingly and he used every last ounce of inner strength to keep himself from wrenching his hand off the pad . |
| 2 | The Doctor struggled to keep himself from slipping down the glowing tunnel , which he had entered first . |
| 3 | The pain of returning circulation was violent , and for half an hour he bit his lips and clenched the muscles that still worked to keep himself from moaning . |
| 4 | On Bosnia , while Britain has welcomed US involvement , it has had to keep itself from dismissing as laughable the feasibility of proposed US airdrops . |
| 5 | She was making an ineffectual effort to keep herself from trembling . |
| 6 | The lack of security of employment makes flexible working a kind of half-way house , and this half-way house contains a number of workers struggling to keep themselves from dropping into the abyss of the underclass . |
| 7 | He told us , ‘ My temptation is to keep myself from getting involved with MRA . |
| 8 | I put my other hand up to my face too , and put my head down on my knees , trying to keep myself from going to pieces . |
| 9 | All that time wasted meditating on death to keep yourself from coming too soon . |