Example sentences of "keep him in [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fat chance , thought Leonora , unable to resist keeping him in the dark about whether Elise was going with her . |
| 2 | He also allowed that the used-car business had failed to keep him in the style to which he had grown accustomed and rose to the prospect of a lucrative drug deal like a shark to a bucket of entrails . |
| 3 | Mains was recalled for the solitary Test against Tom Grace 's Irishmen at Athletic Park , in which the All Blacks gained an undistinguished win , but Mains got a penalty goal and enough credit to keep him in the team for the great tour — South Africa , 1978 . |
| 4 | Quite clearly he was torn between his desire to excuse himself from further cross-examination and his obedience to the protocol which kept him in the presence of a member of the Royal Family until he was dismissed . |
| 5 | BIRMINGHAM CITY manager Terry Cooper yesterday claimed that chairman Samesh Kumar kept him in the dark about the club being put up for sale . |
| 6 | If the truth be told , it was Norman 's putter which kept him in the hunt down the stretch . |
| 7 | The queasiness which had first compelled him to come back to the house that evening clawed him again , and kept him in the chair under her fond glances and bids to intimacy . |
| 8 | They 'd kept him in a kiosk on Brighton front day and night waiting for the Germans to invade . |