Example sentences of "[verb] to keep [pers pn] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Madonna has often talked of her Ten Year Plan , a route to megastardom designed to keep her in the manner to which she has quickly become accustomed for years to come too . |
| 2 | LABOUR & LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WANT TO KEEP YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT : |
| 3 | ‘ Well , you do n't think I 'm going to keep it in the fridge , do you ? ’ |
| 4 | It was n't only because she did n't want to trail damage amongst those who 'd helped her ; partly it was that calculating element in her mind again , that perpetual level of awareness that was tuned to seek out and recognise any opportunity that she could take to keep her in the game and moving . |
| 5 | I decided to keep them in the count because they gave an interesting sidelight on the history of lending libraries in England with some specific examples , and there were not too many of them . |
| 6 | Freddie did not manage to keep us in the Cup against the powerful Rangers outfit but , usually playing at centre-forward , he steadily repaid that fee several times over during the first five post-war seasons , for not only has his tally of 48 League goals only been exceeded by six players here at The Palace since then , but his goals were scored in struggling Palace teams , which only once finished in the upper half of the League table . |
| 7 | Just a poor schoolmaster who ca n't afford to keep you in the style to which you 've never been accustomed |
| 8 | ‘ I had to keep you in the dark . |
| 9 | Sooner or later she would have found out for herself , and the interrogation would have been worse still if she 'd thought Rory was trying to keep her in the dark about such a momentous event in her life . |
| 10 | They wo n't continue to keep him in the Tower . |
| 11 | He also allowed that the used-car business had failed to keep him in the style to which he had grown accustomed and rose to the prospect of a lucrative drug deal like a shark to a bucket of entrails . |
| 12 | ‘ I admit that the family wanted to keep you in the dark . |
| 13 | He is refreshingly straightforward and forthright , embarrassing Labour 's image makers who attempted to keep him in the background as much as possible during the election campaign . |
| 14 | On the supply side both the quantity and quality of designers emerging from design courses may be that good designers are not receiving the recognition in terms of pay , conditions , status etc , required to keep them in the field and/or in the UK . |