Example sentences of "been keeping [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already for nearly a century the syllabub had been keeping company with the trifle , and in due course the trifle came to reign in the syllabub 's stead ; and before long the party pudding of the English was not any more the fragile whip of cream contained in a little glass , concealing within its innocent white froth a powerful alcoholic punch , but a built-up confection of sponge fingers and ratafias soaked in wine and brandy , spread with jam , clothed in an egg-and-cream custard , topped with a syllabub and strewn with little coloured comfits . |
| 2 | for the past ten years I have been keeping vigil in a nocturnal maze , and will continue to do so until daybreak . |
| 3 | She had thought she had been keeping watch on the creeping grey-streaked matter , but it had moved suddenly , the embryonic fingers clutching the ground , pulling the oozing , mucousy river forward until it was bubbling over her feet . |
| 4 | ‘ Yet you must have been keeping watch on the house — why ? ’ |
| 5 | I 've been keeping watch for a week or two . |
| 6 | In the alley itself , Detective Gary Lomax had been keeping watch on the towering fire escape . |
| 7 | ‘ Mrs Choak , how long have you been keeping house for your brother ? ’ |
| 8 | My only problem so far has been keeping track of who , exactly , in the Archives quotations is saying what . |
| 9 | She had n't been keeping track of the conversation , but he seemed to have pulled himself together over the past few minutes . |
| 10 | Their survival in office challenged efficient management of the duchy and may have entailed actual financial loss if they had been keeping revenue in their own hands . |
| 11 | Their survival in office challenged efficient management of the duchy and may have entailed actual financial loss if they had been keeping revenue in their own hands . |