Example sentences of "[pers pn] keep [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can I keep within the normal range when this sort of thing happens ? |
| 2 | I 've got an old Coricidin bottle I keep for the Firebird , and I 've got a beautiful one that I keep specially for ballads ; it 's a really nice hand-blown glass slide , very dense and very smooth , and it 's great for recording subtle kinds of parts on acoustic guitar . ’ |
| 3 | I began to see that my fear about Mary obscuring Christ was not soundly based as long as I keep to the parameters of Scripture . |
| 4 | I crept inside , picked up that heavy walking stick with the weighted tip I keep in the umbrella stand , explored the ground floor . |
| 5 | I was fourteen at the time , so was she ; she sent me a signed photograph which I keep in the breast pocket of my school blazer until both photograph and blazer fell apart . |
| 6 | So I use the ordinary detergents that I keep in the cupboard for hand-washing and this works very well for me . |
| 7 | But I 've been in the wood for many years and there is a lot more to read than what I keep in the shaman 's lodge . |
| 8 | I kept to the correct road by drawing two parallel lines , one either side of the route . |
| 9 | My only regret on that particular occasion now is that I did n't organise properly getting it videotaped , because it would have been a nice thing to keep , but as far as I could I kept to the traditions of mayoral ceremonial on those sorts of occasions . |
| 10 | My only regret on that particular occasion now is that I did n't organise properly getting it videotaped , because it would have been a nice thing to keep , but as far as I could I kept to the traditions of mayoral ceremonial on those sorts of occasions . |
| 11 | Clichés and superlatives are rampant in the log that I kept on the trip . |
| 12 | When the informants ran out , I kept on the man 's trail by following the empties . |
| 13 | I poured him a glass of the special malt which I kept for the rare occasions of celebration or consolation in my life . |
| 14 | I found a photograph of Paul as a baby in one of the albums I kept in the loft , and after the ceremony I wrote the name of the new catapult on the back of the picture , scrunched it up around a steelie and secured it with a little tape , then went down , out of the loft and the house , into the chill drizzle of a new day . |
| 15 | unless I phone them up tomorrow and say look , you know , I , she , if she keeping on the club she 'll go backdate it |
| 16 | Yes , Councillor , will you keep to the subject under discussion and not involving a lot of personal abuse . |
| 17 | Elsewhere , the close-up , detailed approach which works brilliantly , say , for Imogen Stubbs 's affecting Desdemona ( the pathos of her disoriented , jittery jauntiness intensified by beautiful touches such as the sepia photograph of her estranged father she keeps on the bedside table in Cyprus or the chocolates from Casio that she has secreted in a locked draw , not because she fears sexual misconstruction but because she would like to be thought too grown-up for frivolous sweet-guzzling by Othello ) paradoxically diminishes Iago because it encourages the belief that he can be realistically ‘ explained ’ like a figure in a novel . |
| 18 | ‘ Then she shoots them in afterwards , ’ said Lili , ‘ with a special little pistol she keeps for the purpose . ’ |
| 19 | Ten thousand pounds will build you the highest column in the world , and will produce an astonishing effect ; fifty thousand pounds would not serve to erect an arch , and when it was erected you would have doubted which , it or the Royal Exchange , was the more magnificent object ; therefore I exhort you to keep to the columnar form . |
| 20 | ‘ I told you to keep to the centre of the track . ’ |
| 21 | We expect you to keep within the framework of the general principles outlined in pages 23 and 24 . |
| 22 | Remember , thermal soaring is more about staying in the strongest area of lift than flying at an ‘ efficient ’ angle of bank ; it usually pays to turn steeply , as the small turning circle enables you to keep in the narrow cores of strong lift . |
| 23 | The wild men are like loony aunties you kept in the attic in the old days , a bloody nuisance but you learn to live with it . ’ |
| 24 | You can provided you keep under the thirteen amp rating but if you go over the thirteen amp rating then you are asking for trouble . |
| 25 | Those two along the corridor will then know exactly what kind of a father they have , and about the slut you keep on the side under cover of the club nights . |
| 26 | Well looking at the individual breeds of animals that we 've got here , tell us about the basic breed line that you you keep on the farm here . |
| 27 | It 's best if you keep to the same time each week for regular activities , though be prepared to be flexible about it . |
| 28 | However , we recommend that you keep to the usual recommended calorie intakes for weight loss , and reap the additional advantages in ease and speed , rather than try to eat even fewer calories than usually recommended in a diet . |
| 29 | When you eat and how often you eat is entirely up to you as long as you keep to the correct calorie total and aim for the right fibre total . |
| 30 | I got one side and then you turn it over , you keep to the line all the time you know , so the two cuts meet |