Example sentences of "keep [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PETER SHILTON gave his able deputy Ray Newland a vote of thanks last night for keeping Plymouth on the Cup trail after his most taxing week in management . |
| 2 | Chapman 's mind worked day and night on motivating not only his players but everyone involved with the club , on keeping Arsenal in the public eye , on planning their victories , and on improving the game in general . |
| 3 | Moire Rooney asked with a gentle smile , and Patrick immediately knew that she had been deliberately keeping Jane in the kitchen while Tom spoke his piece . |
| 4 | It also had a more direct interest in keeping Malaysia in the sterling area . |
| 5 | Doctors are keeping Tim on the life support machine for 24 hours to make sure the drugs have worked out of his system and have not ruled out all hope . |
| 6 | Indeed , Sally O'Brien 's has built up a reputation as an excellent venue , catering for a variety of musical tastes and keeping Omagh to the forefront when it comes to live music . |
| 7 | The Japanese with just under 30% will be chasing the lead hard , but above average growth in Germany , helped by the stimulus of unification , will keep Europe in the lead . |
| 8 | It is this kind of attention to detail that keeps Wimpey in the forefront of the fight to reduce injury and damage accidents on construction sites . ’ |
| 9 | Martin keeps Airdrie in the party mood Falkirk0 Airdrie1 |
| 10 | He was a poor man , by the Debraces ' standards , and he might never be able to keep Madeleine in the manner to which she was accustomed , let alone do so in the foreseeable future . |
| 11 | But John Devereux raced in for two tries to keep Widnes in the game before O'Neill scampered through score the winner . |
| 12 | Fortunately , Alan Judge was in fine form , pulling off a great save to keep Hereford in the game . |
| 13 | Before Henderson went to Russia Lloyd George himself had been toying with the idea that a Stockholm conference might help to keep Russia in the war . |
| 14 | He wants to keep Portsmouth in the dark until the teams line-up for the kick-off . |
| 15 | Then she remembered that she had promised to keep Sybil in the picture but decided that could wait as well . |
| 16 | THE LONG and winding road that Jo Durie 's career has followed over the past 10 years , took another nasty twist yesterday when she missed the chance to keep Britain in the Federation Cup . |
| 17 | To keep France in the war against Germany , de Gaulle needed to recruit French servicemen and civilians . |
| 18 | Tony and George work seven days a week to keep Stow on the Wold clean . |
| 19 | We support the campaign to keep Eldorado on the TV . |
| 20 | Meanwhile Aussie coach John Dorahy will stick to the best of British to keep Wigan at the top of the Rugby League world . |
| 21 | The Progressive Conservative Party ( PCP ) government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on Sept. 24 presented a new 28-point constitutional reform package aimed at placating separatist tendencies in French-speaking Quebec , and designed to keep Quebec in the federation without alienating the other nine provinces . |
| 22 | Robson , who is expected to bring Steve Bull and David Platt into the attack for Beardsley and Lineker , can play Hodge on the left in Barnes 's place and keep Waddle on the right , where he performed so well in the goalless draw with Italy last month . |
| 23 | Ironically , it was Doncaster 's defeat at Torquay that kept Hartlepool at the bottom . |
| 24 | Steve Finlay , at 4 , proved too strong for Darlington 's Colin Shields while first string Dave Lumsdon kept Durham in the match with a convincing 3–0 victory over Mike Hewitson . |
| 25 | In part two : Pure gold … the teenager who kept Cheltenham in the Cup . |
| 26 | Annie and George meanwhile kept Jonna in the forefront of their conversations with Jonadab , behaving as though the rift had never occurred . |
| 27 | Only Barrow keep Salford off the bottom of the table , and while the Cumbrians already appear resigned to relegation , the Mancunians , who have spent considerable sums on rugby union internationals such as Adrian Hadley and Peter Williams in recent seasons , had their sights set higher . |
| 28 | It was true , then : for reasons of her own , Heather had kept Cunningham in the dark . |
| 29 | Litchfield , who had kept Scunthorpe in the competition by saving a late penalty in the game at Glanford Park , almost gave this one away in the opening minutes when he dropped the ball at the feet of Ronnie Futcher . |
| 30 | But the development of Tilbury , twenty miles downstream , to cope with huge supertankers and modern container handling has kept London in the forefront of commercial shipping . |