Example sentences of "keep [pers pn] [adv] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Now Henry thought about it , she seemed to enter rooms which he was in carefully , keeping her back to the wall ; if he got close to her , she nearly always moved away quickly , usually making sure their bodies did not touch . |
2 | Slowly pull the barbell upwards , keeping it close to the stomach and chest until it is just underneath the chin and the elbows are pointing upwards . |
3 | Slowly raise the dumb-bell vertically as high as possible without jerking or rocking , keeping it close to the body . |
4 | One-arm dumb-bell rowing — slowly raise the dumb-bell without jerking or rocking , keeping it close to the body |
5 | ‘ Does James Flemyng keep you up to the mark ? ’ |
6 | Lesley-Jane could not keep her back to the door indefinitely and turned . |
7 | I bet she keeps you up to the mark . |
8 | Simple requests for such increases were the least of the shipowners ' concerns , while on shipboard conditions there could be no cause for complaint because of the " army of government officials who were there to keep them up to the mark " . |
9 | I do n't mind shopping on Saturday when I 've got the money , but I do n't like it during the week — I 'm usually broke by Monday — so I keep it down to a minimum . |