Example sentences of "she kept a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a memorable period she kept a pet monkey which travelled on her shoulder until its erratic behaviour had it banned from the newsroom . |
| 2 | In front of the fire she kept a dark tab rug that she had made herself from scraps of different-coloured material . |
| 3 | She kept a pretty green budgerigar called Peter , who once dropped dead in his cage but came back to life when Nanny gave him a few drops of gin squeezed from a wad of cotton-wool . |
| 4 | The nature of Alix 's profession demanded she kept a certain amount of medical equipment around . |
| 5 | She kept a pure Herdwick flock at Troutbeck Park near Windermere and today her land and flocks are protected by the National Trust . |
| 6 | She kept a cow , and although there was only water from a well ‘ up top of the garden ’ , this was another spotless house : ‘ she always kept a nice white cloth down over her stair matting , washed and ironed each week . |
| 7 | She kept a commonplace book unknown to all but Dimity , who sometimes pointed out a passage in her reading which she felt might appeal to her friend . |
| 8 | The surroundings were full of interest : in the foreground we had Martha 's pig-store , where she kept a varied assortment of china and earthenware ; it also was roofed by the remains of an old pleasure boat ; Martha 's cabbage garden and potato plot , and Martha 's henhouse , where the roosters were alike honoured by having a boat-house of their own . |
| 9 | She kept a watchful eye on any leaks that might have sprung . |
| 10 | Her arm flew out , wrenching her shoulder , but she kept a grip on the gun . |
| 11 | She kept a secret diary which revealed that he spoke on average 3.5 words a day , she told a divorce judge . |
| 12 | She was not quite tall enough to reach things around the kitchen , but she kept a small box in the outhouse which she brought in and stood on in order to get whatever she wanted . |
| 13 | When Matron had to be tough she kept a girl on her feet . |
| 14 | She knew she was violating her bail conditions by being in the Rollercoaster but she also knew she would be perfectly safe if she kept a low profile . |
| 15 | ( It was at this time , I think , that she told me that her own mother , means-tested in the late twenties , had won the sympathy of the relieving officer , who ignored the presence of the saleable piano because she kept a clean house , with a cloth on the table . ) |
| 16 | Certain drafts of The Cocktail Party , for example , are marked with Mary Trevelyan 's handwritten alterations " as dictated by T. S. E. " From the late Forties she kept a diary of their friendship , and in this it is possible to see how bewildering Eliot could appear , even to those who knew him best . |
| 17 | She would lose Patrick soon , she suddenly thought — all that was keeping him with her now was because she kept a very tight control of the purse strings : he had no money of his own . |
| 18 | She kept a tight grip on the new hands and was particularly good at swabbing down the decks after a boisterous boarding party had come and gone . |
| 19 | But she mentioned the stash-for-cash deals , and she kept a little record , and she named names . |
| 20 | She kept a straight face , but she wanted to jump with joy . |
| 21 | She kept a twist of meadow hay |
| 22 | Unless she kept a watch over the flour , rats ate it , unless she opened the sluice , the water would not drive the wheel . |
| 23 | He used to make the black and whites and the black coats with a silk stripe ; and I quite thought they were costermongers until I went to help a friend of mine — she kept a public house — and I met quite a lot of them there . |
| 24 | She kept a record of everyone 's birthday at the factory and , until the company grew too big , always brought in a cake on the appropriate day . |
| 25 | Because although she kept a guard on her tongue when she was with him , determined not to risk another quarrel , she had had to stop pretending to herself . |
| 26 | To quell a riot , she kept a sympathetic hand on the manager 's arm while the young boy repeated her instructions . |
| 27 | She kept a firm grip on her voice , concealing her sudden confusion , as she responded stubbornly , ‘ I 'm still waiting for an explanation . ’ |
| 28 | Jenna had n't realised just how weak she felt until that moment and she kept a firm grip on the back of the settee . |
| 29 | Her mouth she kept a pale peach , knowing that a stronger colour lipstick would n't be right for the effect she wanted to create . |
| 30 | She kept a Tiger Moth at the time , housed in an old barn , using the South Meadow as an airstrip . |