Example sentences of "to keep [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The couple were determined their honeymoon should be too , despite equal determination on behalf of the world 's press to keep them company . |
| 2 | We do n't want to keep them prisoners in here , you know . ’ |
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| 4 | So now I have just the toys to keep me company . |
| 5 | She was prepared to come to Edinburgh with me again , and even go to gay discos with me to keep me company . |
| 6 | Jim thought , ‘ Hello , is someone coming up to keep me company ? ’ and went to the door and looked out down the steps . |
| 7 | Derek had come along too , to keep me company and because he fancied the idea of hunting with hawks . |
| 8 | I went , but my friend would n't speak to me , let alone come out to keep me company . |
| 9 | What a fool I am , he thought , still to mourn for a lost past and a girl who existed only in my imagination , the reality being so different , when I have this ardent , hardworking … child … to keep me company , so different from the mercenary beauty who has just left . |
| 10 | Harvey watched me down the drinks and he downed three just to keep me company . |
| 11 | ‘ I only want two ten-pences. — To keep me stockings up . |
| 12 | To keep my distance from everybody , always being a polite child , I became an unusually polite teenager . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're an enchanting woman , ’ he muttered , ‘ I tried to keep my distance from you , but you bewitched me . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll remember to keep my distance . |
| 15 | ‘ After buying into the practice , it was very important to me to keep my outgoings as low as possible while my earnings built up . |
| 16 | I could hear the shotgun barking as I walked through the dim , dripping woods from the house , staying off the muddy path as much as possible and walking on the flattened , exhausted-looking grass at its side to keep my shoes from clogging up . |
| 17 | I know I 'll have to work hard to keep my standing , ’ he said . |
| 18 | An age barrier is not an insurmountable wall and I see it as my role to keep my parents young , a challenge indeed ! |
| 19 | Consequently , I shall try to keep my remarks as brief as possible so that other hon. Members may contribute . |
| 20 | ‘ Neither was I. The reason I intend to keep my stake in this house is so that Kirsty and I can use it when we come up to Scotland . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ There was a scene where I wanted to keep my clothes on and I told Adrian ‘ They do n't have to see my breasts in every shot , do they ? ’ |
| 22 | Now I needed somewhere to keep my things . |
| 23 | I found it difficult to keep my voice steady . |
| 24 | " We 'll be back soon , " I say , trying to keep my voice from betraying my excitement . |
| 25 | I 'd tried to keep my voice light , coaxing , but she studied me coolly as though she 'd picked up my unspoken reservations and would not forget them . |
| 26 | ‘ When I get married I 'm going to keep my name . |
| 27 | DO I NEED TO KEEP MY CHILD OFF SCHOOL ? |
| 28 | ‘ Kathie and Laura have helped me to keep my feet on the ground , ’ says John . |
| 29 | It was all I could do to keep my feet . ’ |
| 30 | But long ago , in 1946 , the questing and the questioning had become almost unbearable , and I knew that to keep my sanity I must force myself to an arbitrary conclusion : I would believe the least terrible of terrible possibilities — that the plane had been shot down over the Channel by enemy action . |