Example sentences of "keeping it [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was gritting his teeth against the pain , keeping it at bay while he studied the stump , the severed hand . |
| 2 | Since you will be constantly referring to your picture for colour reference I would recommend keeping it under glass and just taping the sides very firmly to stop the flowers being damaged . |
| 3 | Public spending — or rather , keeping it under control — is the job of the Chief Secretary , the Treasury 's other Cabinet minister . |
| 4 | You 're supposed to be keeping it under control , Owen . |
| 5 | Halfords , one the country 's leading independent after-sales parts suppliers , said it was ‘ keenly aware of the EC move ’ and was keeping it under review . |
| 6 | The harp is , however , susceptible to fluctuations of heat and humidity , and keeping it in tune may require its re-tuning even during a service . |
| 7 | The intention is to speed up the taking of kick-offs and to stop the time wasting practice of kicking the ball dead instead of keeping it in play from the kick-off . |
| 8 | There was nothing that could be used for a cradle so obviously she intended keeping it in bed with her , but Sarah had heard tales of babies being smothered like that and she was surprisingly anxious that her newly expected brother or sister would n't end up that way . |
| 9 | And if we 're keeping it in cash , can we buy some gilts ? or can we buy some fixed interest securities ? |
| 10 | er Red er Leicester , I got a lump last and there was no taste at all and on the second day , we not having a proper fridge just er , a a fridge you know keeping it in store |
| 11 | The Founders were to be the guardians of the purity of the paper , protecting it and keeping it in touch with the grass roots which they represented . |
| 12 | This was not what Alice called ‘ keeping it in period ’ . |
| 13 | The essential reason for obeying the sovereign power was that keeping it in power was inevitably better for the security of each than the chaos of civil war , or a society without government . |