Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] to keep [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The US continued to pour money into the South to keep it in power , again sinking deeper into the quicksand in the process . |
2 | When the two truckers gave up their cursory attempt to find him and rejoined their companions , he advanced to the edge of the clearing to keep them under observation . |
3 | We have been told there should have been clips at the back to keep it in place . |
4 | Where the bottom is weedy ( ordinary soft weed , not algae ) you can incorporate a cork or piece of polystyrene into the feeder to keep it on top of the weed ( see Fig. 3 ) . |
5 | In a couple of days she 'll be up and about again , but I 've been told by the doctor to keep her off school for a while longer . |
6 | We will send you a magazine every quarter to keep you in touch with the latest travel news and issues around the world . |
7 | I 'd just get myself a fine eejit of a man to keep me in barley sugar all day . ’ |
8 | The second tactic he regards as an attempt to keep him in line . |
9 | Councillors were flown to France to see a PWR in operation , to Torness to see how luxurious the workers , accommodation could be — an attraction to keep them on site and out of trouble . |
10 | Thus , where a lease contained a covenant to build certain buildings by a specified date and an obligation to keep them in repair , it was held that once the tenant had failed to build the buildings on time , no further covenant to build could be implied from the covenant to repair ( Stephens v Junior Army and Navy Stores [ 1914 ] 2 Ch 516 ) . |