Example sentences of "keep [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would have liked to have gone to Venice , where there was a faculty of languages , or Bologna , where I could have read Economics and Commerce ; but the war was on , and the expense of keeping me in a distant town was beyond the means of my parents . |
| 2 | The Exchange Rate Mechanism ( ERM ) aims to stabilise currencies by keeping them within an agreed band . |
| 3 | The primary task of monetary policy is to fight inflation , keeping it to an acceptable level . |
| 4 | On Friday , though , Alesi had been the top man as he claimed the overnight pole , but he lost any chance of keeping it with a wall-bashing incident , which came as no surprise to anyone who had watched his outrageously extrovert efforts . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're sending it and keeping it at the same time ? ’ |
| 6 | We we 're keeping it under the first weight bracket er for for cost reasons . |
| 7 | Three options for Bart 's — keeping it as a smaller specialist hospital ; closing Smithfield site with services moved ; or combined management with the Royal London and London Chest Hospitals . |
| 8 | It worries the lawyers , and the insurance company were always fussing about keeping it in a private house . |
| 9 | In 1868 and 1879 the two ‘ Torrens Acts ’ made the owner of a house responsible for keeping it in a habitable condition , and gave powers of compulsion to the local authority . |
| 10 | Quite simply , such an additional demand for the currencies concerned would help keep them at a higher level , with a consequent reduction in their export surpluses . |
| 11 | It 's good practice to use three balls in rotation in cold weather , one being in play on any one hole , and the two others remaining in your pocket where your body heat can keep them at a reasonable temperature . |
| 12 | You can keep them in a small plastic box until then . |
| 13 | Ants can be kept in large glass jars filled with soil or in a wormery ( Chapter 6 ) , but to see them best you should keep them in a special kind of housing . |
| 14 | ‘ We 'll keep them in a safe place together , ’ he said . |
| 15 | now lets hear three cheers for Gloucester rugby club … on Saturday they won at London Irish in the league … a victory that could help keep them in the first division |
| 16 | From Ainhoa the only road that will keep you on the French side of the Pyrenees runs more or less north-east , back towards Espelette . |
| 17 | Though the supplier has no guarantee of the business , it has an advantage and , once it has the business , the firm can be fairly sure it will keep it for a long time . |
| 18 | So please , ladies and gentlemen , when you speak to the supporters , as I know you always do , let's keep it on a friendly basis . |
| 19 | That and the Governments troubles should keep us off the front page for a day or two . |
| 20 | Even if I did n't have a job that keeps me at the other end of the country for most of the year , this sort of place could n't provide a living . |
| 21 | It also keeps me on the right track as well . |
| 22 | ‘ She keeps you on a tight rein , does she ? |
| 23 | Growing up is hard to do , when the terms of your parents ' will keeps you in a perpetual state of childhood . |
| 24 | Gollum was once a hobbit who came across the Ring by chance and keeps it for a long time . |
| 25 | Though , using Letraset to title them is not easy to do , you know it 's very difficult to keep them on a straight line . |
| 26 | Most children do grow out of their sensitivities gradually , and it is important not to keep them on a restricted diet any longer than necessary . |
| 27 | Even if you do like meat , poultry and fish and wish to keep them as a regular part of your diet , it would be wise to cut down appreciably on animal protein and up your vegetable quotient . |
| 28 | The ambiguous status of blacks , as neither invaders nor indigenous Americans , caused some controversy but it was agreed to keep them within the overall campaign . |
| 29 | We need to keep them within the national health service work force and to make better use of their additional skills . |
| 30 | Owners of listed buildings have a legal obligation to keep them in a reasonable state of repair . |