Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] to keep him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to him Beatrice was so jealous that she locked Modi up in the cottage to keep him from going off with other women . |
| 2 | Clough will consider it a much needed morale booster if he can get Keane 's signature on the new deal , even though the battle to keep him at the City Ground is far from being won . |
| 3 | " Frith could have killed El-ahrairah at once , but he had a mind to keep him in the world , because he needed him to sport and jest and play tricks . |
| 4 | KEVIN KEEGAN has had secret talks with Newcastle directors in a bid to keep him at St James 's Park . |
| 5 | On their behalf , a local radio station has launched a campaign to keep him at the County Ground . |
| 6 | She got up early to muck him out and groom him and exercise him , and she babysat nearly every evening to keep him in good oats ( not Uncle Knacker 's ) and shoes , and when she saw the riders she was up against in the collecting ring , with their adoring parents and their fat cheque-books , it just made her all the more determined to beat them , because determination was all she had . |
| 7 | The second tactic he regards as an attempt to keep him in line . |