Example sentences of "kept [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They accused me of going to hit one of them with it … they put me in a police van and took me to Victoria Barracks where they kept me for two hours . |
| 2 | That kept me on reduced activity for about three weeks . |
| 3 | I enjoyed the function and my friends kept me in good cheer as I was obviously anxious about my husband being in the Gulf and did have a few too many drinks . |
| 4 | Severed as I was from Father and from Helmut , living in a foreign country , was it the fear of further severance that kept me in this unequal concurrence ? |
| 5 | Kingsburgh , Flora 's father-in-law-to-be , gave the Prince a pair of new shoes and , when they were returned to him , kept them as treasured souvenirs . |
| 6 | Fortunately , her jealous ‘ fool of a husband ’ kept her under close scrutiny , and Wolfgang was not able to see her often . |
| 7 | The thing which kept him in such a feverish state was the unmistakable message her brown eyes had sent him as they stood so close together outside her door . |
| 8 | Carrying it over , she placed it on Tweed 's desk , switched it on , found a music programme , kept it on low volume and sat down close to Newman . |
| 9 | The dealer was taken away for questioning , and the painting was confiscated by the Gemäldegalerie who kept it for six months , attempting to resolve the situation themselves . |
| 10 | We have cut out the instructions and kept it for next time . |
| 11 | By 1961 it was fading : lack of resources kept it to four or six pages when other broadsheets were three or four times as big . |