Example sentences of "to keep him [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The jury believed that they used the tools necessary to keep him under control . |
| 2 | so er I 've got to keep him off school today and see how he goes over the next day or two . |
| 3 | Not bad enough , he judged , for him to stay in bed but bad enough to keep him at home . |
| 4 | She even tried to snatch him back from school to keep him at home . |
| 5 | The Camel Benetton Ford driver was outraged at the tactics used by Senna to keep him at bay for several laps . |
| 6 | In addition no child would be admitted at 11 unless his parents undertook to keep him at school until 18 ( though presumably the schools would have the right to throw out children who proved unsuitable , or who did not do enough work ) . |
| 7 | He maintained that Philip was trying to keep him at war in Scotland ‘ so that he might not pursue his rights elsewhere ’ . |
| 8 | In reality , the relationship was a strained and sometimes comical mismatch , a 50-year-long saga of crossed purposes — with Yeats doing all the suffering and Maud forever striving to keep him at arm 's length . |
| 9 | Sliding into the warmth he had just left , inhaling the scent of him on the pillows , surrounded by his clothes , books and possessions , she could feel her resolve to keep him at arm 's length ebbing relentlessly away . |
| 10 | Little wonder he saw some fresh sport in the pursuit of someone like Shannon , who was single-mindedly determined to keep him at arm 's length . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , ’ she breathed , her desire to keep him at arm 's length dwindling to nothing . |
| 12 | The Wembley midfielder launched a sensational attack on the ‘ Caring Club ’ and accused them of not caring enough in their bid to keep him at Roker Park . |
| 13 | KEVIN KEEGAN has had secret talks with Newcastle directors in a bid to keep him at St James 's Park . |
| 14 | He takes first place in the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez , although Alain Prost comes third to keep him on course for Senna 's title . |
| 15 | She had been following a trail Minter had turned his back on , but Harry had the photographs to keep him on course . |
| 16 | After a month the crystals cleared and my vet advised me to keep him on Hills Science Diet CD . |
| 17 | You would have thought this would be enough to keep him in bread and circus animals for the foreseeable future , but there are rumours that he intends to watch the money grow by buying out Jobete Music , publishers of the Motown catalogue — a snip at $175 million . |
| 18 | ‘ They ran sheep here in those days , so I imagine she did , if only to keep him in socks . ’ |
| 19 | So far , we 've been able to keep him in check . |
| 20 | When he accepted a call from Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City in 1911 the Mayor and Corporation of Birmingham tried unsuccessfully to keep him in Birmingham . |
| 21 | It is not recorded in what mischief the Lord Mayor of York used to indulge , but the Lady Mayoress had a three foot long staff of honour to keep him in order ! |
| 22 | No well I was , I was just telling him something and I said I 'm not telling you till er ten thirty just to keep him in suspense . |
| 23 | In April , the company unexpectedly obtained new contracts which might have made it possible for it to keep him in work . |
| 24 | Your name ? ’ so fast that Creggan had to circle to keep him in sight , and could not keep a clear eye on the other one approaching from above . |
| 25 | Here you are Stacey come on sit up come on oh managed to keep him in bed with you all night , here are |
| 26 | That was six years ago , and now Barry had two ‘ really good reasons ’ to keep him in Cuzco . |
| 27 | Giles Hawick suddenly looked tired and McLeish felt for him , as he promised to keep him in touch with their investigations . |
| 28 | He had made her promise to keep him in touch with developments . |
| 29 | With the advantage of hindsight , we can take stock of the position at this point , but at the time the Colonel had only runners to keep him in touch with his headquarters and forward Troops , whose wirelesses had been knocked out . |
| 30 | The president thanked him and told him to keep him in touch with any further developments . |