Example sentences of "keep [pron] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would have liked to have gone to Venice , where there was a faculty of languages , or Bologna , where I could have read Economics and Commerce ; but the war was on , and the expense of keeping me in a distant town was beyond the means of my parents . |
| 2 | It worries the lawyers , and the insurance company were always fussing about keeping it in a private house . |
| 3 | In 1868 and 1879 the two ‘ Torrens Acts ’ made the owner of a house responsible for keeping it in a habitable condition , and gave powers of compulsion to the local authority . |
| 4 | You can keep them in a small plastic box until then . |
| 5 | Ants can be kept in large glass jars filled with soil or in a wormery ( Chapter 6 ) , but to see them best you should keep them in a special kind of housing . |
| 6 | ‘ We 'll keep them in a safe place together , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Growing up is hard to do , when the terms of your parents ' will keeps you in a perpetual state of childhood . |
| 8 | Owners of listed buildings have a legal obligation to keep them in a reasonable state of repair . |
| 9 | I learned Dimac from a lama in Tibet and my hands are so deadly that I have to keep them in a locked closet when they 're not in use . |
| 10 | It costs the taxpayer £130-£165 a week to keep someone in a residential or nursing home , he says . |
| 11 | ‘ It obviously takes food to keep you in a good mood , Dr Vaughan . ’ |
| 12 | As he snipped several inches off the length of Aimee 's hair , he pointed out why he encourages all his clients who have fine hair to keep it in a short style — or at least above their shoulders . |
| 13 | Keep them in a specific place and discard ones you do n't use . |
| 14 | I mean I 've filled in a few forms for them but I mean probably you 're a passive owner like me in the sense that I do n't go and actively trade them , er I keep them in a long term investment , and that 's it . |
| 15 | Pot up the seedlings into 3in pots and keep them in a warm place . |
| 16 | Remove the pots as soon as the seedlings have germinated but keep them in a warm , light position . |
| 17 | Keep them in a cool dry place until the appropriate sowing time . |
| 18 | McDonald outlines it thus : ‘ A : find the best artists you can ; B : keep them in a creative mood so that they make the best records they can , and C : maximise the sales of the records everywhere without turning it into a real form of drudgery for them . ’ |
| 19 | An alternative is to put the planted-up bowls in black polythene sacks ties at the top and keep them in a cold greenhouse or cool , frost-free outhouse , garage or shed . |
| 20 | 5.4.3 To clean the Premises and keep them in a clean neat and tidy condition and ( without prejudice to the generality of the above ) to clean both sides of all windows and window frames in the Premises [ at least [ once ] every [ week ] or as often as is [ reasonably ] necessary ] It is quite easy to devote a whole chapter to the subject of repair and the Law Commission has recently published a consultation paper on the state and condition of leasehold property with a view to considering existing obligations and how the law can be improved with regard to them . |
| 21 | She kept them in a black velvet bag and would occasionally take them out , when Wakelate was busy , to stand them in the sunlight . |
| 22 | We kept them in a mud-walled hut and posted a guard to keep watch , armed with a can of paraffin . |
| 23 | All he could think of was : ‘ Keep him in a good mood ! |
| 24 | A few years ago she was admitted to a mental hospital and drugs kept her in a repressed state . |
| 25 | In her eyes the marriage was good , life with Robert was still exciting , he was ambitious and popular at court , and he also kept her in a high degree of affluence . |
| 26 | Keep it in a cool , dark place until early Spring , when it should be replanted in the tank . |
| 27 | ‘ Read the document later , and keep it in a safe place . ’ |
| 28 | Please read it carefully and keep it in a safe place . |
| 29 | Please read it carefully and keep it in a safe place . |
| 30 | Please read it carefully and keep it in a safe place . |