Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] keep [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the Gulf War , British Army authorities announced they would have to destroy all dogs which had been picked up and kept by British units in the war zone , but Dave and his colleagues decided they were n't going to let this cruel fate befall Des . |
| 2 | Now the idea behind that is that it builds up and keeps in trim the muscles of the feet and ankles and legs , which is going to be what gets you about because you realize your retirement is going to be as good as your legs . |
| 3 | And of course , if you look at it er , logically , I mean , for a a woman to be tied up and kept in a room , you know , and kept prisoner all her life you could hardly expect her to be sane even if she did |
| 4 | Wrap the marzipan in cling film or polythene to prevent drying out and keep in a cool place until needed . |
| 5 | An increasingly common arrangement is for the partnership agreement to provide ( Clause 14.02 ) for each partner to commit himself to take out and keep in force such policies as may be agreed between himself and his co-partners ; and to reinforce that , it may be provided that appropriate deductions should be made from his profit share and applied in payment of the premiums . |