Example sentences of "to keep [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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1 | We like to keep ourselves to ourselves and what happened was n't something to boast about . |
2 | But he was reserved , and he used to do a lot of thinking , especially on the golf course where he used to keep himself to himself . |
3 | He tried to keep himself to himself but for years and years he had windows broken , excrement and rubbish was dumped in his garden and he would be woken in the early hours by children as young as 12 and 13 throwing stones at his window . |
4 | He tried to keep himself to himself but for years and years he had windows broken , excrement and rubbish was dumped in his garden and he would be woken in the early hours by children as young as 12 and 13 throwing stones at his window . |
5 | " I 've chosen to keep myself to myself ! " |
6 | There is actually a television room as well , I think , but if you do want to keep yourself to yourself that 's fine . |
7 | ‘ Yeah , if you want to keep yourself to yourself that 's no problem , ’ Pete , the man of about my age , said . |
8 | I see cos you like to keep yourself to yourself do n't you Joyce ? |