Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] keep [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over all , you 'd have fared much better than keeping your money in a bank or building society . |
| 2 | If the person is hard of hearing , they may need to lip-read your words , so move your lips naturally and keep your face visible ! |
| 3 | Get right in and keep your head down . ’ |
| 4 | Jackson Chatterton stirred as though he proposed to clean up the mess himself , but I waved him down and kept my eyes on Rickie . |
| 5 | The Marshal had seen them as they stood gossiping in the street at an equal distance between the two buildings so as to keep their doors in view , but it would be a waste of time trying to get her to admit it . |
| 6 | Maxwell still thinks he can run this himself , pay up and leave with his daughter rather than keep his money and have the case come to court so that his affairs might have to be examined — that could cost him more than the ransom . |
| 7 | In a couple or family contract the patient and his partner , for example , may undertake to do things on a reciprocal basis ( e.g. a husband agrees to organize weekly social outings for he and his wife , while she agrees to tell him when she is feeling distressed , rather than keeping her feelings to herself ) . |
| 8 | He was more or less paid to go away and keep his head down , was n't he . |
| 9 | Neighbours were warned to stay indoors and keep their windows shut and half the firemen had to work in breathing sets to avoid the fumes . |
| 10 | He did n't answer right away but kept his eyes on the rear-view mirror . |
| 11 | ‘ And you 're a spineless little shit , Buddie , if you ca n't see what 's going on and keep your own wife under control . |
| 12 | Sarah knew she was slow , and she tried hard to grasp things more quickly and to keep her mind on the task or game in hand , but she did n't always succeed . |
| 13 | If you remain perfectly still and keep your backs straight , you wo n't be punished further . |
| 14 | Nothing was to be removed , and I was to go home and keep my head down . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Luke Rittner believes the success of the new system will depend on a balancing act by Mr Mellor , the head of the new expanded arts ministry , the Ministry of National Heritage ( The Art Newspaper , No.18 , May 1992 , p.1 ) : he must make arts policy directly but keep his distance by taking a broadminded approach to the arts . |
| 17 | It was just a matter of moving carefully and keeping his eyes open . |
| 18 | Correctionalist criminologists , of all varieties , join all the other agents of social control that capitalism utilises to patch itself up and keep its exploitative machinations justified and operational . |
| 19 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
| 20 | Their reaction , towards the east and to the Gulf war too , has been to pay up and keep their heads down . |
| 21 | Charles cut out and kept his probably-nice review . |
| 22 | Cut out and keep your exclusive Gardener 's Year in our useful binder . |
| 23 | Former England winger , Brian Marwood who 's on trial could have celebrated his first game with a hat trick , but County keeper , Martin Taylor was on top form and by keeping Swindon out and keeping his own team in the game he was the match winner . |
| 24 | That 's the only way I can hope to fight back and keep my job . ’ |
| 25 | Most down-filled bags are constructed with internal walls ( boxed , slant-walls or V-baffles — see illustration ) which prevent the filling from shifting around and keep your body evenly covered . |
| 26 | Many teachers are able to function pretty well and to keep their doubts and feelings under reasonable control . |
| 27 | Whilst he was laid up for six weeks in Middlesex Hospital , Minton visited him regularly and kept his family in Northumberland informed as to his progress . |
| 28 | As well as keeping their eyes peeled for surface coins and jewellery , beachcombers also look for non-metal items on their foreshore hunting grounds . |
| 29 | As well as keeping his own large beloved patch looking like the Garden of Eden , he still found time to tend Colonel Murchison 's land at weekends . |
| 30 | He still finds time to race motor bikes , as well as keeping his nineteen O four De Dion Bouton in tune . |