Example sentences of "to keep it from " in BNC.
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| 1 | To keep it from flowing away from you and yet to keep it going . |
| 2 | Rafiq says that storing hashish inside the skin of a freshly-slaughtered sheep is the only way to keep it from going stale . |
| 3 | I hung it on a branch to keep it from getting damp . |
| 4 | The exact circumstances are forgotten , but I do remember serving as baby-sitter for the Menuhin infant while Papa Yehudi took his violin off to the concert , and I recall walking up and down with the child in my arms to keep it from crying . |
| 5 | Sometimes in fractured ribs with marked worse ( < ) movement , must keep absolutely still and may even lie on the affected side in order to keep it from moving . |
| 6 | Our hood added insult to embarrassment by breaking the poppers on its leading edge one after the other until David Vivian found himself circumnavigating the M25 one evening with one hand on the wheel and another holding the hood to keep it from flying off . |
| 7 | I put the basket on the counter and held onto it to keep it from banging into the shopping of the woman in front . |
| 8 | He did n't pull his weight , but knew how to keep it from the consultants . |
| 9 | ‘ Your father 's been trying to keep it from you . |
| 10 | In trying to limit the domain of the sociology of knowledge , to keep it from intruding into philosophy and from making unjustifiable empirical claims , Hinshaw 's review suggests that its real concern is with pragmatics , ‘ the relationships of signs to their users ’ ( Hinshaw 1973 : 237 ) . |
| 11 | What fans did n't see was special effects boss Derek Meddings on the floor with his hand up her dress to keep it from ruffling up and his assistant up a ladder holding the tension on a piece of fish wire while the zip was being pulled down . |
| 12 | Artwatch , led by Professor James Beck , has called the tour hasty and sought unsuccessfully to keep it from happening . |
| 13 | Repulsed , he raised his arm to keep it from his eyes or mouth , and the flea landed upon his hand . |
| 14 | Their ambition increased by the movement , until all forty-one were in violent motion , so violent that the Bowl began to move across the table , and Oscar had to take a firm hold of it to keep it from turning over . |
| 15 | Conflict : The bank could then make imprudent loans to Company X to keep it from failing . |
| 16 | This is between Maudie and Tom ; you 've no right to keep it from her . ’ |
| 17 | And all this time , I 've known and had to keep it from you . ’ |
| 18 | I 've been feeding it a goodly amount of quinine and aspirin in the night to keep it from going hungry . " |
| 19 | The Aquamassage brush is waterproof and can be used in the bath and shower : ‘ The only difficulty is keeping enough soap on the brush head to keep it from dragging the skin , ’ she says . |
| 20 | Did you ever hear the word stip Being used for a pole that was placed against a corn stack to keep it from |
| 21 | That kind of knowledge could be highly dangerous , and she would do just about anything to keep it from him . |
| 22 | The steel furred to keep it from cracking in the cold , |
| 23 | Ireland is presented as a place whose feminine nature makes the country require a more powerful masculine presence to keep it from the savagery of the giant who is unmistakably a Roman Catholic monster . |
| 24 | Rather than attempting to stifle mental conflict and to keep it from consciousness as would have been the trend in nineteenth and early twentieth-century culture , modern cultural trends instead encourage acting-out and expression of the conflict as being more ‘ healthy ’ than repression . |
| 25 | She had absolutely no idea , and Hugh went out of his way to keep it from her . |
| 26 | And then the bucket too which has been kept full of water to keep it from expanding and leaking which otherwise it would do . |
| 27 | As their aircraft was seen moving erratically apparently out of control , it seems they stayed on board determined to keep it from hitting houses . |
| 28 | That is possible actually , that he would want to keep it from his neighbourhood . |
| 29 | Two goals from Milton 's leading scorer Nigel Mott and one from Neil Allen put this game beyond doubt , the opening encounter was fast and furious with bone jarring tackles from both sets of players , and referee , Mr Merchant from Newbury did well to keep it from boiling over . |