Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] keep me " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I do not like it or you keep me waiting , I will take my custom elsewhere . ’ |
| 2 | Once I got arrested one morning for soliciting , but they let me out of the police station ; I got arrested the same afternoon , they let me out again ; I got arrested in the evening and they kept me in and took me to court the next day . |
| 3 | Two army medics who were getting ready to deal with such things in the wild were also there , and they kept me laughing so much that I was wobbling up and down while the surgeon was trying to operate . |
| 4 | I could not have him put down as I am a widow and he keeps me company . |
| 5 | I let him sleep in my room at night , and he kept me awake for hours talking about Mrs Robinson . |
| 6 | I prefer the smell — very feminine — and it kept me fresher . |
| 7 | But do n't let the lightweight feel fool you — the first time I wore it was during a 70mph mountain winds and driving rain and it kept me both warm and dry . |
| 8 | It was very tiring work , and it kept me busy so that I did not look up and see the Hispaniola until she was just half a mile away from me ! |
| 9 | ‘ She is a dragon , ’ said Dinah , ‘ but she keeps me from annoyance , and Papa had the room designed so that no one could get straight in . ’ |
| 10 | By Sunday evening , though , I was getting back to myself and expected to be let out in a day or two but they kept me in for the week , giving me tests , including an electrocardiogram . ’ |
| 11 | They looked very strange , it is true , but they kept me dry in the rain . |
| 12 | ‘ We were from different cultures , but they kept me going through the bad times . |
| 13 | but he kept me on to get me through Christmas you know things like that . |
| 14 | The buttons had been ripped off and the pockets torn open , but it kept me warm . |
| 15 | OK it had the batteries stuck in with sticky tape , but it kept me going through fifteen Agatha Christies and hundreds of hours of revision — well , pretend revision . |