Example sentences of "to keep [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't hang around with anyone , if I hang around with anyone that 's a smackhead for more than a couple of days , then it 's going to be tempting , so I 've got to keep meself away from them . |
| 2 | But until preventive medicine becomes cheaper and more readily available , most of us must rely on our own common sense and on the reliable information which is available in order to keep ourselves running smoothly . |
| 3 | December 23rd , 1891 — It has been impossible to do much work this week , for the room has been so cold , we have been obliged to drill to keep ourselves warm . |
| 4 | And while we 've struggled to keep ourselves from the fridge , we have wondered why we long so intensely for one food . |
| 5 | Sophie said , ‘ We 've got enough money to keep ourselves going for about six months . |
| 6 | We like to keep ourselves to ourselves and what happened was n't something to boast about . |
| 7 | Walking means exercise , walking means effort , you and I have to do something to keep ourselves spiritually awake , going back to our illustration again about the car driver on the motorway , you find yourself after so many miles just dozing off because the road is so straight , not much traffic around , not much to think about apart from the countryside that goes by and you 're there foot on the accelerator , no braking , no gear changing , nothing at all and you get to the point where you 're driving one-handed by the thing , that 's the time when you get so relaxed is n't it ? |
| 8 | To keep ourselves alive . |
| 9 | He took a deep breath before he spoke as if to keep himself calm . |
| 10 | To keep himself busy , Mr Cottle helped himself to porridge from a steaming bowl . |
| 11 | Charsky , who had no idea how many nights he had spent on the face , tried to keep himself awake by recalling all he knew of Russian history , from the founding of Kiev Rus to the death of Stalin and the suppression of Hungary . |
| 12 | He could hardly keep his eyes open and tried jumping in cold baths to keep himself awake , but only felt cold as well as tired . |
| 13 | Looks as though he 's taken his bedmate with him to keep himself warm . ’ |
| 14 | But he was reserved , and he used to do a lot of thinking , especially on the golf course where he used to keep himself to himself . |
| 15 | John Gadsby who travelled across France in 1855 found that he needed two greatcoats and a large travelling wrapper to keep himself warm even though the carriage was supplied with hot footwarmers which were renewed at certain stops along the route . |
| 16 | However , the Christian has every right to keep himself fit and healthy . |
| 17 | He believes — as any political leader must believe , to keep himself going through the grinding work of electioneering — that victory is out there , but that the voters are making the Tories work hard for it . |
| 18 | He said he talked to himself in prison to keep himself sane , but if you told him he was still doing it he would n't believe you . ’ |
| 19 | It would be as much as Dad could do to keep himself in order after he 'd had a drop too much . |
| 20 | Depression audiences were given a hero who first fights in the World War and then finds it difficult to settle back into a factory job ; this innocent man is then twice sentenced to a chain-gang , the second arrest coming after a period during which he had succeeded as a respectable businessman ; the film ends with him still on the run and having now to depend on crime to keep himself alive . |
| 21 | Each human being strives to keep himself or herself going in their own particular character , but being made up of parts , those parts which have any kind of individuality also try to keep themselves going . |
| 22 | Graham 's back arched agonizingly and he used every last ounce of inner strength to keep himself from wrenching his hand off the pad . |
| 23 | Meanwhile he had to keep himself . |
| 24 | The Doctor struggled to keep himself from slipping down the glowing tunnel , which he had entered first . |
| 25 | The tape showed Anderson sitting , struggling to keep himself alive and to communicate with the outside world , but the world was n't going to see it . |
| 26 | David looked down at her as she lay against the white pillows , pale and thinner than ever , and thought how much easier it would be to keep himself in check if her husband treated her with the gentleness she deserved . |
| 27 | Gilbert , with the edge of terror still in his voice , was talking to keep himself sane ; and the others were listening to try and make sense of the nightmare in which they found themselves . |
| 28 | The capitulation has been signed , the army is under arrest , the Emperor , sunk back in a corner of his large carriage , is gloomy and dull-eyed ; he smokes a cigarette to keep himself in countenance , and though a tempest is raging within him , tries to appear impassive . |
| 29 | Good old Simon , pounding away and probably thinking about his golf handicap to keep himself going . |
| 30 | ‘ Uncle likes to keep himself informed . ’ |