Example sentences of "[coord] keep [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plant in late spring , and clip in mid-spring if required to be grown formally as edging , or to keep it within the space available . |
| 2 | ‘ Sorry , Angus , ’ he was saying , ‘ my lad from Ballinluig never turned up , I had to get my father to blow the bellows — ouch ! some of them are still hot — that bag has charred , spread them out to cool , or keep them for tomorrow . |
| 3 | Much of the legislation governing public intervention in family life is in fact concerned with laying a duty on public authorities to ‘ diminish the need to receive children into or keep them in care ’ ( Child Care Act 1980 , S. 1 ) , while the terminology of the law emphasises the reception of children into care , rather than the popular phrase ‘ taking them into care ’ . |
| 4 | Under this Act they were given responsibility ‘ to make available such advice , guidance and assistance as may promote the welfare of children by diminishing the need to receive children into or keep them in care ’ . |
| 5 | She 'd been reserved in a way which suggested that she might be strong-willed but was making an effort to hide it or keep it in check . |
| 6 | Cos what I 'm doing , I put them on a series and keeping them for revision . |
| 7 | The area of Gallia Ulterior conceded to the Alans may well have been that area which had supported Tibatto , and the grant may well have been a means of punishing the rebels and keeping them under surveillance , as well as being a reward for the followers of Goar . |
| 8 | They will need little or no pruning beyond dead-heading and keeping them within bounds . |
| 9 | The summer of 1914 started very much like any other , with Chapman passing the long sunny days playing cricket and golf with his players and keeping them in trim for the coming season . |
| 10 | She had always tried to emulate Isabelle , too , in buying the best clothes she could afford , and keeping them in pristine condition , making sure she was well-groomed at all times . |
| 11 | By talking to him all night and keeping him on his feet , Luke had saved Spike 's life , only to have him try again successfully a week later when the story finally hit the press . |
| 12 | She waited for morning , the words playing through her mind and keeping her from sleep . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're sending it and keeping it at the same time ? ’ |
| 14 | The Founders were to be the guardians of the purity of the paper , protecting it and keeping it in touch with the grass roots which they represented . |
| 15 | The harp is , however , susceptible to fluctuations of heat and humidity , and keeping it in tune may require its re-tuning even during a service . |
| 16 | The paupers continued under the care of the churchwardens and overseers of the parishes until the House had been built , but then the directors had powers to apprehend vagrants , single pregnant women , and other malefactors , to admit them , and to set and keep them at work — but only for a maximum of six months . |
| 17 | In a world of single parents , almost all of them female , it is the relationship that the young man has with a solid male figure that gives him an edge and keeps him on the straight and narrow . |
| 18 | Alex Ferguson has tied Giggs to a long contract and keeps him under his wing . |
| 19 | They either operate through independent organisations or , as is becoming increasingly the case today , are based in a local church , which anchors them , provides a support team , and keeps them in close touch with the need for post-evangelistic care and of the difficulty widely experienced of integrating the convert into the life of the local church . |
| 20 | Structured dependence is associated with a particular stage in the capitalist mode of production , and imposed by a paternalistic state through universalist social security provision that both protects older people and keeps them in poverty . |
| 21 | He saves all his coppers and keeps them in his tin . |
| 22 | In the film , Helena is a woman who is rescued from a car accident by a doctor who then amputates her injured legs and unhurt arms and keeps her as a hostage in a box , hoping she will fall in love with him . |
| 23 | This guy , yeah , he falls in love with this woman , takes her to his apartment and slowly , he 's a surgeon and he slowly amputates all her arms and legs and keeps her in a box . |
| 24 | ‘ There was I playing so well even I could n't believe it and along comes this kid and keeps me off the table for three frames ! |
| 25 | reverse the order of the columns and listen to each pair of sentences ( helps flexibility and keeps you from getting into a rut ) |
| 26 | And keeps it off the carpet as well . |
| 27 | Gollum was once a hobbit who came across the Ring by chance and keeps it for a long time . |
| 28 | In his Politics Plato put forward a myth of cyclical change in which the creator imparts rotation to the universe and keeps it under his rule until , at the end of an era , he releases control . |
| 29 | Something provides direction and keeps it in order . |
| 30 | Michael holds Howard by the upper arms , to take in his corporeal presence through his finger-tips , and to keep him at the right distance for gazing at in astonishment . |