Example sentences of "[vb pp] to keep [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The translations were not the only technical difficulty : there were only two shorthand writers in the court and they were hard pressed to keep up with the proceedings , causing the court to be adjourned more than once so that they could transcribe their notes . |
| 2 | SUMMER bathers have been warned to keep out of the lake in Middlesbrough 's Central Gardens . |
| 3 | English supply ships once more failed to keep up with the advance of the troops , and the Scots pursued their usual diversionary tactic of raiding into England . |
| 4 | Duncan lay silent ; he was being ordered to keep out of the action . |
| 5 | That strain energy is more than a triviality was demonstrated by the bowmen at Agincourt and , incidentally , one is well advised to keep out of the way of a stretched hawser such as is used for checking a ship . |