Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] and keep " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boatman cursed , telling them to sit down and keep still , and then , puffing and sweating , he pulled his craft out midstream through the flocks of swans who arched their wings in protest as if they owned the river . |
| 2 | An increasingly common arrangement is for the partnership agreement to provide ( Clause 14.02 ) for each partner to commit himself to take out and keep in force such policies as may be agreed between himself and his co-partners ; and to reinforce that , it may be provided that appropriate deductions should be made from his profit share and applied in payment of the premiums . |
| 3 | The only person there not doing this is the cat-hater , who looks away and keeps very still , trying to be ignored by the feared animal . |
| 4 | I never worried about her this last year , you know , because I knew you dropped in and kept an eye on her . |
| 5 | Then she grows up and keeps ducking round corners , out of sight . |
| 6 | But now she was imagining things , she decided immediately and kept this impression to herself . |
| 7 | ‘ But how cruel of you to run away and keep silent for four years , and never think of me ! ’ |
| 8 | So you stay here and keep Jamila distracted . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You stay here and keep the road blocked , nobody 'll get past you . |
| 10 | You stay here and keep out of sight . |
| 11 | Can you shut up and keep still ! |
| 12 | And not forgetting the voluntary support , ‘ who come in and keep a live link with the wider world . ’ |
| 13 | There is no need to become a slave to it , provided you plan ahead and keep up to date with a number of essential tasks . |
| 14 | It seems to be that soaps are endlessly doing that , they want to say maybe nurture is actually more important than blood , but then they pull back and keep reasserting the importance of blood ties . |
| 15 | So if you see Ron , tell him if he goes back and keeps shut-up , he 'll only have the AWOL to answer for . |
| 16 | Now the idea behind that is that it builds up and keeps in trim the muscles of the feet and ankles and legs , which is going to be what gets you about because you realize your retirement is going to be as good as your legs . |
| 17 | It holds on and keeps the gentle tears away . |
| 18 | Windsor , 49 , of Mid Glamorgan , was trapped inside the jeep as it toppled over and kept on rolling . |
| 19 | ‘ Michael was in a play in London and he came in and kept asking me to play Donovan 's Catch the Wind , ’ recalled Gabrielle . |
| 20 | He moves round and keeps an eye . |
| 21 | Does it operate efficiently and keep the house warm in winter ? |