Example sentences of "kept me [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , Louise , no matter what you say , Nora kept me at arm 's length . ’ |
| 2 | I never suspected a thing , even though my supposed father always kept me at arm 's length . ’ |
| 3 | That 's right yes , yeah that bit that was just like what they call a swan neck , just like the swan and that was like that and so it kept me at load level , they were built by and some of the best cranes I 've ever known on the dock . |
| 4 | In a Welsh farm family the grandmother was bedridden , and child-care fell to the grandfather : ‘ cause he was in the house , he was the one that looked after me and kept me in order . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And his old nurse and governess is his housekeeper , a kind dragon who kept me in order . |
| 6 | They kept me in hospital for a week , even though after the first day they were able to tell me that my violent indigestion following my curry debauch had not dislodged — or even seriously inconvenienced my small passenger . |
| 7 | It was never going to be a career for me but kept me in beer money and taught me about how to deal with the public . ’ |
| 8 | They kept me in custody overnight . |