Example sentences of "[verb] to keep [pers pn] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Giles Hawick suddenly looked tired and McLeish felt for him , as he promised to keep him in touch with their investigations . |
| 2 | While the other patients crowded outside and Miss Sowerby tried to keep them in order , Alec motioned to the father to carry the boy into the ‘ ops ’ theatre and lay him down on his back on the operating table so that we could make a more detailed examination . |
| 3 | In fact we 've just refused er the application er to change the use of that site to housing , or some of that site to housing , er for the very reason that we want to keep it in employment use and at the same meeting we also refused another site , another major employment site , erm and we want to keep that in employment use as well . |
| 4 | ‘ They came to keep us in parley , while you assault us . ’ |
| 5 | We 've been flying here since September , but our wives have regularly sent out Country Living to keep us in touch . |
| 6 | Your name ? ’ so fast that Creggan had to circle to keep him in sight , and could not keep a clear eye on the other one approaching from above . |
| 7 | and then you were inveigled to the R and D and then you inveigled to become a Vice Chair , and today you 've been handling the ceremony so well , we 've had to keep you in cotton wool to make sure that er , that you kept your health . |
| 8 | With a slight shake of his head Travis walked inside , turning to keep her in view as she closed the door again . |
| 9 | P.P.S. Your spring edition of our customer magazine is enclosed to keep you in touch with all the latest developments at Radio Rentals . |
| 10 | Peers may also miss today 's Competition game against Mochdre , but the skills of Darren Peters and all-rounder Kevin Owen could still earn them the points needed to keep them in touch with the pacemakers . |
| 11 | The discussion customarily takes place in the early evening in the Home Secretary 's room at the Commons , and is intended to keep him in touch with backbench opinion . |
| 12 | The Collector and Hookum Singh had their backs to this wall of flesh , with bayonets sprouting from between their legs and under their armpits ; they were shoving and shoving , and they in turn were being shoved by the other Sikhs , who were struggling to keep them in place . |
| 13 | My wife does try to keep me in check . |
| 14 | ‘ If I had a bit more pay , he would let me come to you , you would have to keep me in grub if I was an apprentice would n't you ? |
| 15 | I found nothing else of interest but Bernice turned up a couple of old school exercise books of Billy 's and decided to keep them in remembrance . |
| 16 | He was the man who supplied the new bicycles , Raleighs , and he undertook to keep them in repair . |
| 17 | He was rather like a 12-inch gun with no gunlayer ; he always turned up to meetings late and disoriented , although he had a middle-aged secretary who used to follow him about with his diary and try to keep him in line . |
| 18 | Presumably when the ( outside ? ) directors of the company meet they will discuss the earnings of the top managerial staff , and attempt to keep them in line with the manager 's worth ( marginal product ) to the company . |
| 19 | Only moss will do and 2 tons of it — freshly handpicked — has to be taken on tour to keep them in peak condition . |
| 20 | Often in the past he had tried to keep her in bed in the morning , but always she had pushed off his sleep-drugged advances with a brusque reminder that she had work to do , stubbornly shutting her mind to the tenderness of a few hours before . |
| 21 | Or are you hoping to keep her in ignorance so you can go back to her when you get tired of me and start wanting to respect yourself again ? |
| 22 | The use of conventional solders to attach minute granules of gold presented great difficulties to the goldsmith who had to keep them in position during soldering and avoid flooding the delicate work with solder . |
| 23 | On four Thursday evenings during the winter she could be seen , dressed in spotty black and glittering with rhinestones , sawing happily away on her violin through four public concerts , under the baton of Mr Dixon , the elderly English master from Tollemarche public school , who tried gamely to keep the rest of the orchestra in time with her , since he had long ago given up trying to keep her in time with the orchestra . |
| 24 | Ben moved across to the other side s ) f the window , trying to keep them in sight , but he lost them in a moment . |
| 25 | By now , a hundred people have lined up in front of him and a security guard begins to keep them in line . |
| 26 | Here you are Stacey come on sit up come on oh managed to keep him in bed with you all night , here are |
| 27 | He , if anyone , would be guaranteed to keep it in check . |