Example sentences of "[noun] to keep [pers pn] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Frith could have killed El-ahrairah at once , but he had a mind to keep him in the world , because he needed him to sport and jest and play tricks . |
| 2 | It costs a great deal to keep him in the home , as well as your father . ’ |
| 3 | It was a good move to keep it in the theatre . " |
| 4 | Mains was recalled for the solitary Test against Tom Grace 's Irishmen at Athletic Park , in which the All Blacks gained an undistinguished win , but Mains got a penalty goal and enough credit to keep him in the team for the great tour — South Africa , 1978 . |
| 5 | What you must do is tell Irina to keep him in the clinic till I can come . |
| 6 | They had needed the eccentric goalkeeping of Grobbelaar to keep them in the match up to the 111th minute , when Anderton suddenly revealed why so many scouts have been beating a path to Fratton Park . |
| 7 | For younger children , play the same game but this time they can hit the ball with their hands to keep it in the air . |
| 8 | David Mellor , Secretary of State for the new Department of National Heritage , has rejected the listing of key works of art in order to keep them in the country . |
| 9 | He would grab a completed section of the overall plan from Mark 's private secretary just as soon as she had typed it , and dash off to his own office down the corridor to study it carefully many times over , before taking it along to Muldoon to keep him in the picture . |
| 10 | ‘ The national interest ’ was also a rebuff to congressmen , who could not afford to be critical of it , even when they already knew it as grounds to keep them in the dark . |