Example sentences of "kept [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although my work as CBC Production Manager kept me at a desk rather than on the production floor , I was occasionally able to produce plays . |
| 2 | No , Louise , no matter what you say , Nora kept me at arm 's length . ’ |
| 3 | That 's right yes , yeah that bit that was just like what they call a swan neck , just like the swan and that was like that and so it kept me at load level , they were built by and some of the best cranes I 've ever known on the dock . |
| 4 | I never suspected a thing , even though my supposed father always kept me at arm 's length . ’ |
| 5 | Chefs like myself have referred to them and kept them at hand since they were written over 10 years ago , along with books such as Jane Grigson 's on vegetables . |
| 6 | Visiting players , Raimundo , the grooms and Alejandro looked at her with ill-concealed lust , but her dead-pan hauteur and Señor Gracias ' large , looming presence kept them at bay . |
| 7 | Men , women , and all except the smallest children , were on their hands and knees , busily washing every inch of the deck , supervised by the third mate and half a dozen rough-looking sailors , who kept them at it every second . |
| 8 | We acted , sang , danced — hoping always for temperate weather , dreading the sudden heat waves which lost us audiences as surely as rain and snow kept them at home — burlesques with preposterous titles ( Very Little Hamlet , The Vicar of Wideawakefield ) , comedies , farces . |
| 9 | The accordion kept them at it , energetic , sweet . |
| 10 | According to the survey results , for the 12 months ending in January this year , 51 per cent of Britain 's smaller exporters increased their overseas sales over those for the previous year , a further 23 per cent kept them at the same level and 26 per cent reported a drop . |
| 11 | England battled hard to get back into contention throughout the second half , but the Scots kept them at arm 's length and ran out worthy winners . |
| 12 | When his own daughter passed the age of twelve , Salah kept her at school and persuaded the parents of six of her contemporaries to do the same . |
| 13 | The tired horse faced a journey of at least twenty miles across heavy country so he kept her at a sedate trot . |
| 14 | His incredible determination and immodest personality kept him at the top of his profession . |
| 15 | ‘ We kept him at home and mollycoddled him , that 's the trouble . |
| 16 | If it was true what he said , that she kept him at arm 's length , surely there could only be one reason for that ? |
| 17 | It was Willey , supported by Emburey , who kept it at bay , the final score being 391 for 7 ; admittedly , Roberts had hardly been able to bowl on the last day , but the home team had shown themselves that they could bat a bit if they tried . |
| 18 | I had no idea that what was happening was my body trying to bring itself up to a natural weight rather than the unnatural , low one that I kept it at . |
| 19 | Vera 's not back from lunch , so I kept it at the desk . ’ |
| 20 | Therefore the possibility must be that the sender kept it at home , and that there 's more of it there . |
| 21 | After that they kept themselves at a safe distance . |