Example sentences of "keep [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Branfoot warned : ‘ I 'll be keeping them under tight control from now on . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Men believed in mastery over women , keeping them in protective custody . |
| 4 | Medics are keeping her under intensive care but say she is making satisfactory progress . |
| 5 | ‘ Just keeping him in good condition for you , darling . ’ |
| 6 | When path picks up line of iron fence continue to follow this , keeping it on left-hand side , to reach trig point on summit . |
| 7 | That 'll keep you in black pudding for a while , Brian ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | If necessary the Prince will keep him in close ward until he sees reason . |
| 10 | ‘ Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He 'd keep it in good order from now on . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | A varied diet of earthworms , aquatic insects , shrimps , small fish and tablet foods will keep it in good health . |
| 15 | They 'll keep us in good standing with the king still . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Loose eggs will hatch if vigorous aeration keeps them in constant motion . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | " Dull for the telephone men , I 'm afraid , " I said , " but try to keep them in good heart . |
| 25 | So they can be the deciding factor in what your programme 's going to be , so it pays to keep them in good trim . |
| 26 | Set against these points is the maintenance problem ; softwood doors need regular decoration to keep rot at bay , and even hardwoods require regular treatment with preservative and stain to keep them in good condition . |
| 27 | However , it was a year of drought , and at the stud all the mares were given daily feeds of oats and hay to keep them in good condition ; but Minyip , due to long habit , refused to eat anything but the poorest hay . |
| 28 | Soak your nails in warm olive oil once a week to keep them in good condition . |
| 29 | TOOL SAFETY Hints and tips on how to avoid injuries while working with hand and power equipment — plus advice on maintaining tools to keep them in top condition . |
| 30 | It was a stormy meeting during which Callaghan was one of those who clashed angrily with Morrison , arguing that the abandonment of the free vote meant pressurising them to change their convictions , or at least to keep them in cold storage . |