Example sentences of "keep [pers pn] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | It also keeps me on the right track as well . |
3 | That 's what they were doing , and then if you made too much slate this month , the following month they 'd drop your bonus down , so as to see as to keep you on the same level , so you could n't go any higher if you if you had good slate and worked your guts out . |
4 | But James said his son had needed some firm , fatherly advice to keep him on the right track as a teenager . |
5 | He said ‘ Okay , I want you to show me everything , ’ and I said ‘ Well , there are six strings , they 're tuned like this and written down an octave , ’ ( For those that do n't know , when guitar music is transposed onto a stave , it 's dropped a whole octave to keep it on the treble clef — Ed ) and he was taking notes and I gave him a beginning guitar book so that he could see how it was all written out ! |
6 | Do I get a prize for being the 1000th person to point out that guitar music is written up an octave , not down , to keep it on the treble clef ? |
7 | The hostel staff advised us about the best areas for walking , and also arranged for the essential guide , to keep us on the right path and to protect us from the buffalo . |
8 | Let's see keep , keep it on the same line if you can . |
9 | When Stephen was in hospital they kept us on the same house with all the mothers and babies , even though I had asked to be off it . |
10 | Generations of inventors and investors have kept us on the technological frontier . |