Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] under [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't even trust her under lock and key . ’ |
| 2 | If you know you tend to talk with your hands , how 're you gon na keep them under control ? |
| 3 | Isabel needed his protection as far as Winchester , and if he did n't have those answers before they arrived he would keep her under restraint until he unlocked every secret she possessed . |
| 4 | If you say that a freely-floating body — and the weights would help a bit there , because they 'd keep it under water and out of any wind — moves down on the ebb at an average of a bit under two knots , you 'd not be far wrong . |
| 5 | All that does , in effect , as you know is i i is reduce the unit price share price , it has no other effect erm a and I think it 's purely cosmetic myself and nowadays I think a share price of around seven hundred P which is , er where the shares are currently hovering , is not e enormously disproportionate but of course we 'll keep it under consideration . |
| 6 | I 'll keep it under lock and key , many thanks . |
| 7 | Parke certainly has a brain and showed he could use it under pressure . |
| 8 | Then he adds with sudden confidence , ‘ It was known to men that the demon-enemy could not draw them under shadow ( under sceadu bregdan ) , as long as God did not wish it . ’ |
| 9 | The Swedes at one time , they designed er a stabilizer which was er a type hydraulic rather than a mechanical hydraulic er er stabilizer , and subsequently all the materials that I was talking about , the levers and you know , all the rest of it , were not required , and it shrunk the size of the thing er so low you know , that er the British manufacturers had to look , because the Swedes were then in the market er in a competitive way to take on Brothers or anybody else who were prepared to er produce them under licence . |
| 10 | Erm , as far as we 're concerned we can get it under way . |
| 11 | Now , even in it took us some , some time to get the situation under control but we did eventually get it under control but , as I say , not without a lot of misgivings and very very strong complaints from the public at large . |
| 12 | However commendable prudence may be as an accounting concept , decline will put it under pressure . |
| 13 | The defendant on being told this alibi must immediately amplify it under questioning , and can be ‘ gonged ’ for undue hesitation in answering or for any vagueness in answering ( he must not say ‘ I think so ’ or ‘ That is probably what I would have done ’ ) . |
| 14 | If you should notice the ball wobbling , you should retire it under Rule 29 . |
| 15 | If the police wish to detain him they must place him under arrest . |
| 16 | He would find her under sedation — a bit dopey and drowsy , and still in a state of some disorientation and shock . |