Example sentences of "[adj] to keep [pers pn] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the routine of a nap got well established now , then it would be easier to keep it in place later on , when Faye was in the second trimester and feeling deceptively fit and healthy as women usually did in those middle months … |
| 2 | But it may be well to keep it in existence . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm hoping that this might lead to an improvement but I still please ask you all to keep me in touch with where things are going wrong so that they can be put right . |
| 4 | Western economies are certainly prone to crises , but the state seems able to keep them in check . |
| 5 | So far , we 've been able to keep him in check . |
| 6 | There 's no opposition in parliament any more to keep her in check . |
| 7 | I 'll have to do a pregnancy test , but until we get the result , I think it safer to keep you in bed . ’ |
| 8 | You would have thought this would be enough to keep him in bread and circus animals for the foreseeable future , but there are rumours that he intends to watch the money grow by buying out Jobete Music , publishers of the Motown catalogue — a snip at $175 million . |
| 9 | Last season , he served a six-month suspension for misdemeanours in the Hong Kong Open and referee John Robinson , an ex-policeman , seemed determined to keep him in line . |
| 10 | Determined to keep it in place , Nicholas mobilized his troops . |
| 11 | You can use paper of similar thickness but unless you stick it in some way to the faces it is difficult to keep it in position when assembling the cores into the bobbin and bolting it down to the board . |
| 12 | ‘ Now he has got fascinated by the paper as well , he 's made it look like a field of bridal veils , but it 's going to be difficult to keep it in place when we move it at night . |
| 13 | Addressing the final Tory news conference later , Mr Major reaffirmed he was confident of winning a majority sufficient to keep him in power for another five years . |