Example sentences of "kept a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | My grandfather , who kept a small number of sheep in the West Riding , used to talk about strains breeding themselves out . |
| 32 | She was not quite tall enough to reach things around the kitchen , but she kept a small box in the outhouse which she brought in and stood on in order to get whatever she wanted . |
| 33 | It was not that she was parsimonious or disapproving of alcohol , simply that she knew it had adverse side-effects on Liza and , not being much of a drinker herself , she only kept a small supply in the house . |
| 34 | My father kept a small flat in London and commuted for the week . |
| 35 | Privately he took St Ives aside and suggested he kept a friendly watch on Dawn Allenby . |
| 36 | ‘ All quiet , but we kept a round-the-clock watch on the stables last night , just in case . |
| 37 | Devoted Jean Crowther and their sons and daughters kept a round-the-clock vigil at his bedside . |
| 38 | These kept a close check on the taking in and pasturing of cattle by outsiders through a system of branding and regular drifts . |
| 39 | I told her how Aisha kept a close watch on what I ate and drank and how I had to take care of the house and children to pay for my board and lodging . |
| 40 | He kept a close watch on friends he had left behind in Middleton , especially Dave Fielding who was enjoying a fair degree of success with The Chameleons . |
| 41 | Coetzee and his men kept a close watch on Mxenge 's office . |
| 42 | Morgan , held big equity stakes in companies , had seats on the board and kept a close eye on management . |
| 43 | There were not so many lights and Endill kept a close eye on the Headmaster in case he became lost in the darkness . |
| 44 | Now , we very rarely went up to the great city and , when we did , Benjamin kept a close eye and a tight rein on me . |
| 45 | Inside the government , he kept a close eye on the development of policy and frequently intervened to prod ministers in desired directions . |
| 46 | ‘ Our officers separated the two groups and kept a close eye on what was going on , ’ said the spokesman . |
| 47 | Taking a break from the Bosnian conflict , he kept a long standing promise to his local swimming pool to help raise money for leukaemia and heart research . |
| 48 | We had a small walled garden and oblong of grass and , though Father kept a long side bed gay with red geraniums , white marguerites and blue lobelia , capable of standing up to the odd cricket ball and the games we children were able to play in the few remaining square yards behind beggared description but we had the whole Heath beyond . |
| 49 | This was the theory that it kept a Long Kesh compound filled with loyalists as a propaganda exercise to impress observers outside Ulster that it was acting impartially towards both the British loyalist and the Irish republican community . |
| 50 | Good food — they kept a marvellous table — more wine , and perhaps a little brandy . |
| 51 | In front of the fire she kept a dark tab rug that she had made herself from scraps of different-coloured material . |
| 52 | The author of several pamphlets , and an FRS , Bennet kept a political diary from 1806 , now lost , though extracts were published in the nineteenth century and one volume ( for 1821 ) has come to light . |
| 53 | Following the death of former professional dancer Mr Walker , whose parents kept a general store in Seaforth , a man phoned a tabloid newspaper claiming responsibility . |
| 54 | The nature of Alix 's profession demanded she kept a certain amount of medical equipment around . |
| 55 | Years later they even kept a black panther for a while , until there were complaints and they were forced to send it to a wildlife park . |
| 56 | The excitement was intensified when it became known that some time previously a railway clerk named Winter , who kept a black retriever , had shot himself in the porter 's cellar but Durham had claimed that he was unaware of the tragedy when he had encountered the ghost . |
| 57 | Sir John kept a hospitable table and according to Foxe |
| 58 | I kept a firm hold of the lovable little rascal on my knee . |
| 59 | As for fears of a recession , he said that would be avoided if business and industry kept a firm grip on their costs , particularly wages . |
| 60 | He lifted her bag out but , instead of handing it to her , he kept a firm grip on it and began to walk towards the house . |