Example sentences of "[verb] 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 | We could not marry , but he has kept me in comfort ever since we became lovers and he fathered my two children . |
| 5 | I can see nothing in principle to prevent a contemnor applying to the first instance court to be released from custody on the ground that the failure to serve him with the committal order has kept him in ignorance of the contempts for which he has been imprisoned and that , in the circumstances , justice requires his release . |
| 6 | Politics as they know it — the system that has kept them in power for the past 45 years — is being challenged by two younger men from their own party . |
| 7 | The brewing plant there was modernized during the early 1970s and subsequent investment has kept it in line with current technology . |
| 8 | ‘ They came to keep us in parley , while you assault us . ’ |
| 9 | We 've been flying here since September , but our wives have regularly sent out Country Living to keep us in touch . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | We 'd kept it in cash . |
| 12 | And smooth , surge-free progressive power delivery to help keep you in control at all times . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | With a slight shake of his head Travis walked inside , turning to keep her in view as she closed the door again . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | er Red er Leicester , I got a lump last and there was no taste at all and on the second day , we not having a proper fridge just er , a a fridge you know keeping it in store |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | My wife does try to keep me in check . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He was the man who supplied the new bicycles , Raleighs , and he undertook to keep them in repair . |
| 24 | For a long time , Emerson simply failed to sign the contracts which would have kept him in front-rank racing . |
| 25 | The fact of it was , Amanda should never have brought him in here at all ; she should have kept him in Reception , as per company policy . |
| 26 | It seemed terribly wrong that her family were still struggling even now to keep their heads above water , that many like them were close to starvation , when the clothes she , Alice , was wearing would have kept them in food for at least half a year . |
| 27 | As walnut was both an exceedingly expensive and difficult wood to work , few if any coffin-makers would have kept it in stock or have possessed the expertise to fashion it . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Only moss will do and 2 tons of it — freshly handpicked — has to be taken on tour to keep them in peak condition . |