Example sentences of "[noun] keep [pron] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We acted , sang , danced — hoping always for temperate weather , dreading the sudden heat waves which lost us audiences as surely as rain and snow kept them at home — burlesques with preposterous titles ( Very Little Hamlet , The Vicar of Wideawakefield ) , comedies , farces . |
| 2 | England battled hard to get back into contention throughout the second half , but the Scots kept them at arm 's length and ran out worthy winners . |
| 3 | Mandy did n't come to the meeting , Mrs. Maddison keeping her at home as a punishment for her disobedience in going into the swamp . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , ’ she breathed , her desire to keep him at arm 's length dwindling to nothing . |
| 5 | They lit smoky fires at night to keep them at bay , but were soon itching with bites . |
| 6 | Ewshot fought back in the second half and Murphy , despite an injury to his nose , covered acres of ground in both attack and defence to keep them at bay . |
| 7 | Undertakers ' men and grave-diggers had to be copiously supplied with liquor to keep them at work , and this added to the disorder and indecency . |
| 8 | Therefore the possibility must be that the sender kept it at home , and that there 's more of it there . |
| 9 | When his own daughter passed the age of twelve , Salah kept her at school and persuaded the parents of six of her contemporaries to do the same . |
| 10 | Visiting players , Raimundo , the grooms and Alejandro looked at her with ill-concealed lust , but her dead-pan hauteur and Señor Gracias ' large , looming presence kept them at bay . |
| 11 | The Camel Benetton Ford driver was outraged at the tactics used by Senna to keep him at bay for several laps . |
| 12 | She even tried to snatch him back from school to keep him at home . |
| 13 | But we have to be careful to try to understand what steps are proper in order to keep it at bay . |
| 14 | No , Louise , no matter what you say , Nora kept me at arm 's length . ’ |