Example sentences of "kept [verb] these [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It sounded okay but we kept getting these fumes .
2 ‘ Well , ’ she said , ‘ I kept getting these phone-calls . ’
3 Well twenty years ago I was on programmes like this , saying that doctors who said that Valium and the other tranquillizers were perfectly safe were talking rubbish and that there was every possibility that there would be problems found in the future , if we kept prescribing these drugs for vast numbers of people .
4 Well I used to share a , share this flat with my mate and erm you know , she got a bit out of hand , she kept bringing all these people home and she kept having these parties and it was really difficult for me to study cos I used to go well I still try to go to college , but erm you know , it was really hard for me to study and made my life really , really difficult !
5 Yet he — I — seemed pleased enough , and kept dribbling these words across the page .
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