Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [conj] keep " in BNC.
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| 1 | She struggles , eyes widening further , but I pin her to the sheets with my weight and keep the glove firmly over her mouth even though she is n't making any noise . |
| 2 | It 's my toil as keeps us , and it wo n't stretch to your grandfather . ’ |
| 3 | After I graduated from high school in 1984 I shaved my head and kept my hair short and they labelled me a skinhead . |
| 4 | It is then up to me to implement it successfully by controlling my behaviour whilst keeping an eye on progress towards the indicators of success . |
| 5 | ‘ If it had n't been for the native Africans in the community who rallied round , looked after my wife and kept leaving food parcels outside the door we would have been sunk . |
| 6 | Instead , I crouched near my hissing flames , nursing my leg and keeping one hand close to a sturdy length of branch . |
| 7 | If you free me I will acknowledge my debt and keep going . |
| 8 | That being so , I must watch my step and keep my ears pinned back . |
| 9 | Mummy touch me on my arm and keep going on I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm dreaming of a white white white white white white white white white white . |
| 10 | But I liked to please my mother and keep undisturbed the love that was between us . |
| 11 | I found my penknife and kept it close as the shadow of a vulture wheeled over the tent . |
| 12 | I cleared my throat and kept on eating my burgers , pretending I had n't heard him properly . |
| 13 | Most artists , like everyone else , need some points of success to help fire their enthusiasm and keep them going . |
| 14 | Ken did , however , help Anita — with the ruby in her navel that kept falling out every time she did her belly dance . |
| 15 | A neurone or nerve cell , like all other cells , has a semi-permeable membrane which allows some substances to enter its cytoplasm while keeping others out . |
| 16 | They bowed their heads meekly in the face of Garvey 's insults , and accepted that they would receive only their board and keep . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , even though the Pearl analogue may occur to few , the references to absence of ‘ stain' and grief and blemish , the assertion that Lórien is a place apart , have their effect and keep one finally uncertain about the section 's proper mode . |
| 18 | They will investigate appropriate facilities for undertaking their programme and keep appropriate records of all activities . |
| 19 | She waited for morning , the words playing through her mind and keeping her from sleep . |
| 20 | The nurse was aware of her humiliation and kept throwing sympathetic glances . |
| 21 | She sat back in her seat and kept her eyes fixed ahead of her . |
| 22 | She slumped lower in her seat and kept quiet . |
| 23 | I spiked her guns by the simple expedient of ringing Nigel right away , told him the truth , and instructed him to fetch her home and keep her there . |
| 24 | He wrote with her pen and kept the little envelope filled with notes she used to write him by his side . |
| 25 | There were only four of us — the other the wife of the French attaché who kept talking about French literature while Ivy fidgeted with her bread and kept glancing at her chest . |
| 26 | But everyone is advised to remain on their guard and keep vigilant for any suspicious activity . |
| 27 | At first you may well have to put the puppy on its leash and keep it close to you if it is not to be an annoyance when visitors call . |
| 28 | This provides young learners with the stimulus and movement necessary to hold their attention and keep them enthusiastically involved . |
| 29 | Others stoutly denied this matriarchal ascendency , insisting that , following its promiscuous episode , early society soon settled down under a patriarchal régime in which the opposite sex knew its place and kept it . |
| 30 | They ran the major businesses in their town and kept the band in instruments . |