Example sentences of "[verb] be keep a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This week in Georgia he has been keeping a low profile , wrapped up in his own game plan , which is how he best enjoys life , it seems . |
| 2 | Her adopted father , Arthur Harrison , also of North Green , Staindrop , has been keeping a vigil for the daughter he has barely spoken to since she was 17 . |
| 3 | The show ( from 3 December until 2 January ) is accompanied by a colour catalogue with an essay by Dan Cameron , a New York critic who has been keeping an eagle eye on the Spanish scene for some years . |
| 4 | ‘ The man , who was known to the police , was one of the knockers they 'd been keeping an eye on . |
| 5 | ‘ Mum says he should have looked first , Dad says if she 'd been keeping an eye on him he would have been fine . |
| 6 | What I 'd do is keep a handy sledge-hammer in the boot ! ’ |
| 7 | what we really need to do is keep an eye , if it looks like you keep leaking sugar out , |
| 8 | All you got to do is keep an eye open and watch the break lights . |
| 9 | There 's nothing to suggest the crimes are connected at this stage but wqe are keeping an open mind . |
| 10 | ‘ And somewhere , ’ Husband said , ‘ Mrs Howard must have been keeping a file on Gustav Eismark . |
| 11 | The only reliable way to calculate how much you are actually having is to keep a diary for a week , noting how much you drink , where you drink it and with whom . |
| 12 | The presence of an illegitimate child to that elder brother had been kept a dark secret . |
| 13 | While , however , Admiral Hawke had been keeping a vigilant eye on Brest , Admiral Edward Boscawen had been busily patrolling off Toulon . |
| 14 | All this time he had been keeping a reserve force waiting in the library . |
| 15 | Henri reached the cave mouth first , shortly followed by Mait , Carrefour , and finally Richmann , who had been keeping a rear guard . |
| 16 | He had been keeping a wary eye on Jacques Devraux while he made another laborious copy of the revolutionary tract and he stopped writing to watch the Frenchman walk back to his own quarters . |
| 17 | ‘ You did n't tell me you could ride , ’ she said , rather irritated , as if I had been keeping a secret from her . |
| 18 | He had been keeping a watch on Terry Place at the hospital . |
| 19 | When last heard of Uncle Charles had been keeping a Malaysian girl less than half his.age in a Vancouver penthouse but George managed to recall some less interesting small-talk and like winged seeds the conversation spiralled delicately down to business . |
| 20 | As the crowd grew , pressing against the window , the Divisional Police Commissioner Rousselet , who had been keeping an eye on events , sent a policeman down with orders to have the nude painting removed from the window . |
| 21 | It was overseen by , the company 's operations director , who had been keeping an eye on the Basingstoke premises during its six-month run-down . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been running three or four miles every day for a week , and using a trampoline at home to build up my fitness , and I 've been keeping a close eye on what I eat . |
| 23 | Because I 've been keeping a record of everything that 's been happening for you , you know , so you wo n't have missed anything . ’ |
| 24 | I 've been keeping a watch in case we had visitors . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I had this anonymous tip-off about a man answering your description , the caller said something about a missing member of the aristocracy , so I 've been keeping an eye on things . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We 've been keeping an eye open for you . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ From the beginning , we have been aware that the security forces have been keeping a close watch on our activities , ’ said Mr Bautista . |
| 28 | ‘ He 's been keeping an eye on me , old Frear . |
| 29 | One way to begin is to keep a daily journal . |
| 30 | The other thing I would say is keep a reserve behind your front line . |