Example sentences of "keep [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marsh accepted his fate honourably , as everyone expected , and the Australians got on with the job of keeping their boot on the Indian throat . |
| 2 | Both the DoI and the 600 Group were keeping their information on the effects of robots on employment to themselves . |
| 3 | ‘ All right , dear ? ’ asked her mother , keeping her gaze on the television screen . |
| 4 | To get out of bed , the patient first lies on his back , clasps his hands together , keeping his elbows straight , and bends his unaffected knee , keeping his foot on the bed . |
| 5 | Keeping his gaze on the thread of light seeping out from the Bogeyman 's room , he inched his way along the threadbare strip of carpet . |
| 6 | He turned the sharpener slowly , keeping his eye on the lead . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's me Moll , Yanto , ’ he answered with an urgent whisper , still keeping his eye on the other bedroom window . |
| 8 | Wetherall then stumbled and fell over on the appalling pitch in the centre of the 6 yard box ( as he was correctly keeping his eye on the incoming ball ) . |
| 9 | For now Mr Gorbachev is just managing to continue what he does best : keeping his show on the road . |
| 10 | Making notes is the best way of keeping your mind on the task at hand . |
| 11 | Keeping your weight on the centreline is a fairly obvious tip , but you can also stay upright by varying the power in the sail . |
| 12 | KEEPING YOUR CAR ON THE ROAD |
| 13 | ‘ It was very comfortable , ’ he surprisingly recorded , ‘ and I could always keep my eye on the Prime Minister . ’ |
| 14 | But she could never keep her mind on the job . |
| 15 | Much as he wished that Aunt Tossie might keep her mind on the Form Book , where their interests in beating the Handicapper ran together , he had nevertheless acceded to her insistence on a party , a small house party , for Nicandra 's first real ball . |
| 16 | ‘ Whilst recognising that staff in other parts of AEA would undoubtedly be more concerned , he and his colleagues in the UK and overseas subsidiaries knew that they had to ‘ Keep their eye on the ball , push ahead with product development , sell hard and achieve their demanding targets for growth . ’ |
| 17 | Directors should keep their finger on the pulse of a production throughout it 's run . |
| 18 | If Stuart Graham can find the passion of his final speeches a little sooner in the play , and if Peter O'Meara can keep his enthusiasm on the boil , Ms Johnston 's endeavour will not have been in vain . |
| 19 | Even Ken could n't keep his mind on the action . |
| 20 | He may keep his hand on the ball while kicking it ’ . |
| 21 | Let's keep our mind on the job at hand . |
| 22 | You can keep your pen on the table . |
| 23 | the organ there was a you know where you put your pump belt , there was a long stout piece of wood and you had to keep pumping that up and down to put the wind into the organ , and there was a mirror above the organ and Mr the org the organist , who was a butcher in Street , he could look into that mirror and see whether you was pumping fast enough and he could signal to you and he used to warn you to er keep your eye on the mirror and if he , if he wanted more wind he used to be up up up oh or , but it was just a big long of wood and we used to pull it up and down , I was fairly tall for me height a age , but er we used to have to stand on a box to get it going first , but it , it was just like bellows for your fire you know , wind for that , and we used to pump the wind into the organ also the service . |
| 24 | Once again Britten keeps his grip on the music with the help of a formal scheme , this time a rondo with episodes the third of which alludes directly to Grimes by quoting the two distinct themes of his phrase , " What harbour shelters peace , away from tidal waves , away from storms " [ 10 ] , followed by a pointed combination of his next theme , " With her there 'll be no quarrels " , with one of the most agitated of the semitonal storm motifs ( almost the next time Peter and Ellen meet on stage they do quarrel ) . |
| 25 | ‘ He keeps his finger on the button . ’ |
| 26 | The force of the paddle digging into the water is what keeps your butt on the boat . ’ |
| 27 | I always have to keep my eye on the clock . ’ |
| 28 | The last pig was struggling to keep its footing on the ramp when the door to the best room opened and Smallfry stepped into the hall . |
| 29 | It has a watching brief to keep its eye on the activities of banks and other financial institutions which are required to submit monthly returns to the Bank . |
| 30 | She was still trembling half an hour later , as she huddled beneath a small gateway , trying to keep her footing on the wet grass of the embankment . |