Example sentences of "[coord] keep [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plant in late spring , and clip in mid-spring if required to be grown formally as edging , or to keep it within the space available . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're sending it and keeping it at the same time ? ’ |
| 3 | In a world of single parents , almost all of them female , it is the relationship that the young man has with a solid male figure that gives him an edge and keeps him on the straight and narrow . |
| 4 | ‘ There was I playing so well even I could n't believe it and along comes this kid and keeps me off the table for three frames ! |
| 5 | And keeps it off the carpet as well . |
| 6 | Michael holds Howard by the upper arms , to take in his corporeal presence through his finger-tips , and to keep him at the right distance for gazing at in astonishment . |
| 7 | So keep things simple , and keep things brief , and keep them to the point . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll press them and keep them between the pages of a book , to remind me of you . ’ |
| 9 | Strategies to get round the problem could include selective spraying with conventional insecticides , including two different insecticide genes in plants , or even planting ‘ sacrificial ’ pesticide-free crops to attract some of the susceptible insects away from the protected crop and keep them in the breeding population . |
| 10 | The pinder , whose job it was to round up stray animals and keep them in the pinfold , to be released on payment of a fine , was also known as the axeman . |
| 11 | Those too young for sailing still enjoy pottering around the beach and paddling around on old windsurfers , though a parent should stay to look after them and keep them from the nearby road . |
| 12 | It 's your job to evaluate the stuff and keep him on the ball . |
| 13 | The shapely brunette , whose job was to help Davies kick his heroin and cocaine addiction and keep him on the straight and narrow , was turned on by their wild romps . |
| 14 | ‘ We 'll have to snap him out of it and keep him to the exercises or he 'll ruin himself . ’ |
| 15 | Treat ye me well , and keep ye in the same state : |
| 16 | Well then close the door and keep her in the kitchen . |
| 17 | The the ruling is , that if you catch a child you take her and keep her in the office and send for the parents . |
| 18 | Legal advisers suggest that anyone wishing a piece of jewellery or other valuable to go to a particular person , should list such unofficial bequests on a piece of paper and keep it with the official will . |
| 19 | He said , on his death-bed , that they could bury his body but when his flesh had rotted they must dig up his skull and keep it in the house or some dreadful disaster would come . |
| 20 | ( It would be advisable to make a copy of this and keep it in the ‘ Record of Achievement ’ as insurance against loss of the original . ) |
| 21 | and if there 's plant out in the sun for one we can put one in a pot and keep it in the kitchen |
| 22 | Shops took incandescent bulbs off the shelves and kept them under the counter ; the only light bulbs in sight were the high-efficiency versions . |
| 23 | In the past a Welsh dealer had brought ponies and kept them on the moors at Hartshead to fatten them up for a few weeks prior to the fair , and Mr Rawson had often helped to drive them from there to Lee Gap . |
| 24 | Yeah cos what , what they said like , their own , cos they run out of wine at the bar and er , they went in the supermarket and got two bottles of wine and kept them on the table you see |
| 25 | The queasiness which had first compelled him to come back to the house that evening clawed him again , and kept him in the chair under her fond glances and bids to intimacy . |
| 26 | The young lady who had left had returned , but the manager was pleased with Dinah and kept her in the lead , giving the other girl bit parts , which were resented . |
| 27 | Parliament never voted enough money for a naval war with the Netherlands to be decisively successful , so the most substantial result of the anti-Dutch policy was that in 1664 the English seized New Amsterdam , and kept it in the 1668 peace negotiations by handing over in exchange the English colony of Surinam in Guiana . |
| 28 | All the same , Melanie folded the letter and kept it among the knickers and handkerchiefs in her chest of drawers , as a kind of talisman , to remind her the past was real . |
| 29 | Or else he could have fed and kept you for the rest of your life ! ’ |
| 30 | Alternatively , unplug the telephone but keep it near the socket for emergency use . |