Example sentences of "keep [noun] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keep shit at bay , keep warmth at bay , those maggots of feeling , breeding in the shit , sooner or later it gets to them all , even Hilda , love at last , her very words , who would have thought it . |
| 2 | The police are also urging people who keep money at home to have it banked for safety — they want to make sure that people like phylis do n't lose cash that took years to save in just a few short seconds . |
| 3 | 1812 " It is proposed that the Clergymen of the Island shall … convene the poor of their respective Parishes , & to such as they find needy , to issue a Ticket of his or her name & Parish Written thereon , who only should be served as the Poor , & impostures excluded — It is Represented to this Meeting that a number of Beggars keep dogs at home and abroad — and as Scarcity is apprehended , it is considered proper that every person should this year Discharge every unnecessary Dog … " |
| 4 | Of course , we all keep fish at home , too . |
| 5 | Visa 's rule-book bristles with other conditions that keep non-banks at bay . |
| 6 | Keep shit at bay , keep warmth at bay , those maggots of feeling , breeding in the shit , sooner or later it gets to them all , even Hilda , love at last , her very words , who would have thought it . |
| 7 | Classical polysyllables such as solicitude and calamity keep feelings at bay , so that the reader is led into a frame of mind where the farcical aspects of the good Captain 's behaviour can innocently rub shoulders with tragedy . |
| 8 | KEEP BUGS AT BAY |
| 9 | I cut the cheese with the Lappish knife I acquired last time out ; it has a 25-centimetre blade and can open cans , cut fire-wood and generally keep misery at bay . |
| 10 | But we deliberately do n't have much food in the fridge — that way , we keep temptation at bay ! ’ |