Example sentences of "him to keep [art] " in BNC.

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1 This means for the neighbourhood man , the man on the beat , that it is difficult for him to keep a low profile .
2 He did n't understand what Miss Thorne meant when she told him to keep a gesture .
3 The farmer sent him to keep a flock of larks off a field that had just been set with winter corn : ‘ It was late November or early December ; and when it got dark about half past four time I made my way back to the farm thinking my job was done .
4 And it expects him to keep a promise made to local priests that he intends to ‘ provide a Catholic desk for every Catholic pupil in Darlington where there is proven need ’ .
5 ‘ The accident might have been avoided if he had adopted an approach which enabled him to keep the crane in sight .
6 Nigger pulled out a wad of notes large enough to choke a horse , gave Knocker a pound note , and told him to keep the change .
7 I instantly regret my indiscretion and beg him to keep the news to himself .
8 Myeloski was beginning to realize that he could be taking on forces that encompassed the very people who ran the Soviet Union , the powermasters who employed him to keep the peace as a police officer .
9 It was essential for him to keep the support of Congress in dealing with the Depression , and Congress in the 1930s was determined to keep out of the overseas conflicts .
10 Mendès-France thereby demonstrated that it was more important to him to keep the French army free from supranational controls than it was to prevent German rearmament .
11 I was sent with him to keep the accounts .
12 I have asked him to keep the matter secret .
13 Morton had become immediately more thoughtful , and had ordered him to keep the matter firmly underneath his hat .
14 I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention — although anything that the Government nationalise they may flog off at a profit at a later date , so I ask him to keep an eye on the situation .
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