Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] [conj] keep " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father keeps wondering whether to bring them in or keep them out . |
| 2 | At this point Mr Wilson the Strict Deputy Head arrived ( every school with more than one Deputy Head has a ‘ Strict ’ one for telling you off and keeping order in assemblies , and a ‘ Friendly ’ one for helping you when you 've been bullied ) . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 … ’ |
| 4 | I thought back over all the good times — all the laughs we had shared — and all the wonderful things they had done to try to build me up and keep me going . |
| 5 | Do we send them back or keep them here ? |
| 6 | Jackson Chatterton stirred as though he proposed to clean up the mess himself , but I waved him down and kept my eyes on Rickie . |
| 7 | Like that to chain her up and keep all the food away . |
| 8 | He took it down and kept it beside his bed . |
| 9 | mm , just I just rub it down and to keep it moving another salt for a week or two in it , the icy roads , bound to put salt down are n't they ? |
| 10 | I think they 're bound to respond to that , I mean , as you turn it over and keep going on . |
| 11 | is full , but throw it out and keep |
| 12 | ‘ Now take it out and keep a firm hold on it . |
| 13 | weapons , and it was the dagger and you could n't work it out and kept on asking |
| 14 | He would have settled us down and kept us calm , and there is no doubt that we would have won , ’ said Mr Ferguson . |