Example sentences of "keep his [noun] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sung looked up , then quickly looked back down , keeping his forehead pressed to the floor . |
| 2 | He was concentrating on maintaining his grip and keeping his mind closed to the pressing images of his fate on the rocks below . |
| 3 | Manville poked a ten-dollar bill through the driver 's window as he alighted , keeping his palm extended for the full change . |
| 4 | Arran announced that he would prefer a Bill of this nature to be introduced in the Commons , but that he would keep his Bill going in the Lords until an MP could be found to sponsor an equivalent measure in the other House . |
| 5 | The redoubtable driver just keeps his eyes fixed on the road . |
| 6 | The suggestion of sleep is only a metaphor ; the subject does not actually drop off but keeps his attention focused on the hypnotist 's words instead . |
| 7 | A short round woman in a big flowered apron , her long grey-black pigtail wound into a thick bun , came out of her cheese room and sent the Captain and the Brigadier along the edge of a muddy , sprouting cornfield to a distant pasture , leaving the Substitute to keep his shoes dry near the farmhouse . |
| 8 | But we do question whether their service is any more worthy of recognition than that of the average hard-working nurse , policeman on patrol or the small businessman who is struggling to keep his company going in the face of the recession and determined not to make his employees redundant . |
| 9 | It took all his willpower to keep his teeth biting into the rubber . |
| 10 | Nutty guessed that some instinct told Sam to keep his mouth shut about the knacker-yard history . |
| 11 | Fortescue looked surprised , as if he had expected Athelstan to keep his mouth shut for the entire interview . |
| 12 | With great discretion , Dyson yawned , straining his muscles to keep his mouth shut at the same time . |
| 13 | This time Julius kept his gaze fixed on the road ahead , as if he did n't want her to see his eyes . |
| 14 | They noticed that he kept his hands clasped inside the voluminous sleeves of his gown and rarely raised his eyes to the face of the governor or the senator . |
| 15 | He kept his face pressed to the muck as bullets drilled holes in the wall and door . |
| 16 | He kept his eyes fixed on the crest of the hill over which she would appear freewheeling down on her bicycle , black hair streaming and her long skirt ballooning out on either side like a bat 's wings . |
| 17 | He kept his eyes fixed on the upper storey , but there was no sign of life , nor could he detect any female voice crying through the shouts of the firemen . |
| 18 | During the twenty-mile drive , once he had left his own estate , he had kept his mind fixed on the goal of his errand , and what came in between went unremarked . |