Example sentences of "to keep it [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She submitted meekly to his expert ministrations as he re-dressed the wound , giving her terse instructions to keep it dry from then on until the stitches were removed . |
| 2 | But Mick and I never questioned ourselves ; we just tried to keep it all on the road . ’ |
| 3 | Then I 'd wonder why people kept telling me not to take it and conclude that they just wanted to keep it all for themselves . |
| 4 | She needed to keep it all to herself for a few hours — hours in which she could live that precious time over and over again , recall his kisses , his voice and , above all , the look in his eyes . |
| 5 | He just wants to keep it all within his own unit . |
| 6 | It 's just to keep it tidy for me and your mummy coming down in the morning son . |
| 7 | Then when he was entertaining one of his friends he could n't get his stove to burn right and he had to keep it alight with matchboxes and cheese straws . |
| 8 | Her raincoat was not belted — her skirt was too long — her brown hair hung down her back with a pale blue kerchief tied over the top of it to keep it clean on the train . |
| 9 | ‘ Then one day she found that she was going to have another baby ; she was so wretched that she tried to keep it secret at first . |
| 10 | The worst answer is to send a clearly inadequate force ( which is what happened in Namibia ) and then try to keep it safe by ordering it to avoid violence . |
| 11 | By the time they reached the Mearns Road near Eaglesham and trudged to the wreckage of the Messerschmitt , it had acquired a small crowd of sightseers , who were bantering with the Home Guards trying to keep it safe from looting . |
| 12 | It can be clipped lightly to keep it formal in early spring . |
| 13 | If a participant leaves in other circumstances ( retirement excepted ) the option will lapse unless the Directors exercise their discretion to keep it open for a longer period . |
| 14 | He told Sir Bryan to get the Chief Constable on the line immediately and to keep it open in the meantime . |
| 15 | At the moment , the Snack Shack closes at 2am but there are plans to keep it open until 5am . |
| 16 | His duties were defined as being : ‘ to attend to the opening and closing , lighting and heating , dusting , washing out and general care of the premises ; the trimming of the ivy so as to keep it clear of the spouting and the roof ; the keeping of the borders tidy ; and the cleanliness of the WCs . |
| 17 | The pump should sit on a firm support to keep it clear of the bottom of the pool , and a good idea is to use one of those ornamental concrete blocks that has a recess in its base . |
| 18 | They ran out the aerial , using the two oars of their collapsible boar to keep it clear of the reef . |
| 19 | To keep it clear of the water when they empty it now ? |
| 20 | There was no particular reason why he should not know what she was up to , but she instinctively felt an urge to keep it quiet for the moment . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've had to keep it quiet for good reasons , and if I say much to Marc he 'll really go up the wall . |