Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] to keep [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not recorded in what mischief the Lord Mayor of York used to indulge , but the Lady Mayoress had a three foot long staff of honour to keep him in order ! |
| 2 | Undertakers ' men and grave-diggers had to be copiously supplied with liquor to keep them at work , and this added to the disorder and indecency . |
| 3 | She even tried to snatch him back from school to keep him at home . |
| 4 | She had not yet learned how greatly Brian exaggerated his financial problems in order to keep her in line . |
| 5 | However , they have told me recently that , when I was about nine or ten , they thought me a bully because I would surreptitiously pinch them or pull their hair in order to keep them in line — that is , in order to make them behave as my parents would have wished them to . |
| 6 | But we have to be careful to try to understand what steps are proper in order to keep it at bay . |
| 7 | The Nepalese rupee was devalued against the US dollar by 20.96 per cent in two moves on July 2 and 3 in order to keep it in line with the recently devalued India rupee [ see p. 38334 ] . |
| 8 | They lit smoky fires at night to keep them at bay , but were soon itching with bites . |