Example sentences of "kept an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The window was crammed with sweets in boxes and glass jars and she kept an amazing selection . |
| 2 | It was immaterial to her that he was coarse and brutish , that he kept an illegal tavern , that he was invariably drunk , and that he was eventually imprisoned for manslaughter . |
| 3 | The landlord Alec Crossley kept an orderly house and his buxom blonde wife Grace was always jolly and invariably found time to listen to the troubles of her customers , even when she was hard put to it behind the counter . |
| 4 | As a child I kept an unending diary ; as a student in Louisiana I wrote some tv news scripts ( and damaged the teleprompt during a live transmission , which put an end to that little job ) ; back home I produced beautifully worded advertisements for a local free paper . |
| 5 | Her mother of course was aware that fifteen does not relish the solitude that fifty does , and came back from the village one day when Peony had been particularly silent and lumpish , with the news that Mrs Price who kept an antique shop had her grandchildren staying with her , and she was invited to go round and play tennis with them and have tea . |
| 6 | Paddington decided to go see his friend Mr Grover who kept an antique shop in Portabello Road . |
| 7 | When he was not bowling , his cat-like fielding at midwicket kept an appreciative crowd happy . |
| 8 | Nora kept an amused silence . |
| 9 | Distraught parents kept an all-night vigil at the university where a temporary morgue was set up . |
| 10 | Distraught parents kept an all-night vigil at the university where a temporary morgue was set up . |
| 11 | A police-officer kept an independent check . |
| 12 | My wife kept an open door for them and any time Well at the weekend they 'd Some of them would drop in , you know , for a chat , aye . |
| 13 | As for Prince Charles , having declared that he kept an open mind on the subject of complementary medicine , he gave a dissertation on the recent allegations that he had taken to the occult : ‘ I do not play with a Ouija board . |