Example sentences of "[verb] down and keep " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sit down and keep calm , ’ Dad told her . |
| 2 | Sit down and keep quiet . ’ |
| 3 | The boatman cursed , telling them to sit down and keep still , and then , puffing and sweating , he pulled his craft out midstream through the flocks of swans who arched their wings in protest as if they owned the river . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll go down and keep watch one night if she likes . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If you 're going to be away all day tomorrow , George , perhaps Martha would come down and keep me company . ’ |
| 6 | Stooping down and keeping a very sharp lookout from under my hat , I coughed several times , splashed the water about , and then , moving very slowly and gathering dry sticks on the way ( as the local Indians might do ) , I went to the foot of the steep rock . |
| 7 | Mrs Singh said he would not sit down and kept walking about . |