Example sentences of "keep [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But Branfoot warned : ‘ I 'll be keeping them under tight control from now on .
2 Keeping them in current assets would have resulted in any write-down on revaluation passing through the p&l account .
3 She had always tried to emulate Isabelle , too , in buying the best clothes she could afford , and keeping them in pristine condition , making sure she was well-groomed at all times .
4 It is also good at containing costs and farming out its staff to work on site rather than keeping them in expensive offices of its own .
5 Men believed in mastery over women , keeping them in protective custody .
6 He says that the council is obliged by the government to take full responsibility for young offenders — and that includes paying for keeping them in secure units .
7 Medics are keeping her under intensive care but say she is making satisfactory progress .
8 ‘ Just keeping him in good condition for you , darling . ’
9 I was just keeping it for wee Jonathan .
10 When path picks up line of iron fence continue to follow this , keeping it on left-hand side , to reach trig point on summit .
11 You can keep them with small rockdwellers , such as Neolamprologus , Julidochromis and Telmatochromis .
12 That 'll keep you in black pudding for a while , Brian !
13 According to evidence at a murder trial , the police found the weapon when they freed the alleged murderer so they could keep him under secret surveillance .
14 If necessary the Prince will keep him in close ward until he sees reason .
15 ‘ Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee . ’
16 Keeping a diary is a time-consuming activity but you can keep it within manageable bounds by being selective in the events you record .
17 If we can keep it in broad percentage terms of the total work at the project level , fine , that can be done , efficiently and effectively .
18 He 'd keep it in good order from now on .
19 It was provided and further agreed that the widow would pay to the executors ‘ the sum of £1 yearly , towards the ground-rent , payable in respect of the said dwelling house , ’ and would keep it in good repair .
20 A varied diet of earthworms , aquatic insects , shrimps , small fish and tablet foods will keep it in good health .
21 They 'll keep us in good standing with the king still .
22 If , however , mutations affect both juvenile and adult survival equally , selection against their early effects keeps them at low frequency , and prevents the collapse of late survival .
23 On January 14th the unlikely figure of Bob Dole , the Senate Republican leader , took time off from the Gulf to call for a statutory commission to find out why women have not broken through the ‘ glass ceiling ’ that keeps them from top management jobs .
24 They either operate through independent organisations or , as is becoming increasingly the case today , are based in a local church , which anchors them , provides a support team , and keeps them in close touch with the need for post-evangelistic care and of the difficulty widely experienced of integrating the convert into the life of the local church .
25 Loose eggs will hatch if vigorous aeration keeps them in constant motion .
26 This suspension can absorb a bump so quickly that the driver hardly senses it , yet it still keeps him in perfect control of the car .
27 Germans were resentful of France 's post-war attempts to keep them under close control , and it could not automatically be expected that they would agree to join European institutions .
28 Talk of magic in the Western World as a spent force : self-congratulatory accounts of cults that had been infiltrated , and discovered to be groups of pseudo-scientists exchanging arcane theories in a language no two of them agreed upon , or sexual obsessives using the excuse of workings to demand favours they could n't seduce from their partners or , most often , crazies in search of some mythology , however ludicrous , to keep them from complete psychosis .
29 Special cages have been developed for wild mice to reduce the need for handling during cleaning but it is possible to keep them in standard mouse cages .
30 " Dull for the telephone men , I 'm afraid , " I said , " but try to keep them in good heart .
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