Example sentences of "keep [pos pn] [noun sg] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monitoring rivals closely to copy good ideas and ensure that they are keeping their service in the forefront of developments |
| 2 | Those in the lower group of six would play a total of 36 matches with the first two teams keeping their place in the Premier Division while the rest would be relegated in 1994 . |
| 3 | Shannon started to shake , hearing again the playground taunts , seeing the looks in the eyes of the children as they danced about her , holding hands and chanting , keeping her captive in the middle of the circle . |
| 4 | KLM , meanwhile , is expected to maintain a reduced involvement in Northwest , ‘ keeping its foot in the door ’ , one analyst suggested , until US policy of foreign ownership becomes more clear . |
| 5 | He rammed in the pitch , keeping his balance in the tossing pirogue , as only he could , he with his funambulist 's antennae , who might have scaled the ship on a free-floating ladder if it had been a parade , a feast , a time of play and rejoicing . |
| 6 | Out for a golden duck — but as Mr Maxwell returned to the pavilion , a wry smile suggested that just now keeping his place in the Hailey first team is the least of his worries . |
| 7 | Well when I cycle into Nottingham , they let me keep my bike in the branch while I go shopping . |
| 8 | He put his hand over the flame of the lamp and said to Stricker : ‘ Let me see her for as long as I can keep my hand in the flame . ’ |
| 9 | Yuck , she does n't even make flowers and even if she did , she should keep her place in the garden with you lot . |
| 10 | Anyone who is not relaxed and glowing with a sense of well-being at the wheel of a good Stag should keep their money in the building society . |
| 11 | With the spotlight on him , Mr Getty could no longer keep his bolt-hole in the Ritz private and was shortly settling into Sutton Place , the Duke of Sutherland 's Tudor manor house in Surrey , with seventy-two rooms and 750 acres . |
| 12 | Instead the England manager will keep his jewel in the crown under wraps for another five months . |
| 13 | I can pick and choose what I play live , which keeps my role in the band interesting . |
| 14 | Keeps her bike in the garage and pops on the train . |
| 15 | Euphorbia myrsinites keeps its cool in the heat |
| 16 | Yes I do , there 's still injury doubts over Alan Jedsa , Paul keeps his place in the side , he did n't have a particular good game against Notts County ; one horrendous effort — error there , but he has played well generally and especially the same side that started that match at Notts County , so we can expect to see both full backs pushing up and really hopefully an open game like the one against Port Vale . |
| 17 | ‘ I am playing to keep my place in the side . |
| 18 | And all of them are making so much money these days out of replacing the world 's ageing fleet of oil tankers that they can accept losses on their aircraft business in order to keep their foot in the door for the day , however distant , when they can compete with their own aeroplane . |
| 19 | But the French auction house has evidently decided to keep its foot in the door of this potentially lucrative market . |
| 20 | It would seem that the restoration profession has not been able to keep its nerve in the face of the rapidly growing attention it has received in recent years , and is reacting in an undisciplined way . |
| 21 | Barclaycard is now beginning the battle to keep its place in the credit market . |
| 22 | to keep her company in the house and she went over the other night she said because when the kids are in bed , she 's on her own |
| 23 | ACTRESS Suzie Aitchison , daughter of June Whitfield , is to keep her part in the play An Evening With Gary Lineker , when it goes on tour in February with an otherwise entirely new cast . |
| 24 | She has toiled endlessly to keep her body in the shape it was in 20 years ago with a punishing regime of exercise and diet . |
| 25 | But it is an open question whether his policies will loosen it sufficiently to keep his country in the competition . |
| 26 | In the first half alone McLean 's men created enough chances to win a handful of games , yet such was their lack of confidence in and around the box that Chris Reid , the young Hibs goalkeeper , did not have to do anything out of the ordinary to keep his side in the game . |
| 27 | And he was never allowed to keep his tobacco in the house . |
| 28 | I told Bates straight out that I was the only man who had the vision and know-how to keep his club in the First Division and that for a reasonable salary , say 16K a year , I would be willing to quit Athletico . |
| 29 | The 22-year-old Norwich forward is now aiming to keep his place in the side for the game in West Germany on 15 November : ‘ It was a good experience for myself and Iwan Roberts last night . |
| 30 | He was trying to keep his place in the book . |