Example sentences of "keep his [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To get out of bed , the patient first lies on his back , clasps his hands together , keeping his elbows straight , and bends his unaffected knee , keeping his foot on the bed . |
| 2 | Keeping his gaze on the thread of light seeping out from the Bogeyman 's room , he inched his way along the threadbare strip of carpet . |
| 3 | He turned the sharpener slowly , keeping his eye on the lead . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's me Moll , Yanto , ’ he answered with an urgent whisper , still keeping his eye on the other bedroom window . |
| 5 | Wetherall then stumbled and fell over on the appalling pitch in the centre of the 6 yard box ( as he was correctly keeping his eye on the incoming ball ) . |
| 6 | For now Mr Gorbachev is just managing to continue what he does best : keeping his show on the road . |
| 7 | If Stuart Graham can find the passion of his final speeches a little sooner in the play , and if Peter O'Meara can keep his enthusiasm on the boil , Ms Johnston 's endeavour will not have been in vain . |
| 8 | Even Ken could n't keep his mind on the action . |
| 9 | He may keep his hand on the ball while kicking it ’ . |
| 10 | Once again Britten keeps his grip on the music with the help of a formal scheme , this time a rondo with episodes the third of which alludes directly to Grimes by quoting the two distinct themes of his phrase , " What harbour shelters peace , away from tidal waves , away from storms " [ 10 ] , followed by a pointed combination of his next theme , " With her there 'll be no quarrels " , with one of the most agitated of the semitonal storm motifs ( almost the next time Peter and Ellen meet on stage they do quarrel ) . |
| 11 | ‘ He keeps his finger on the button . ’ |
| 12 | Drummer Barrett Martin lays down a dauntingly hard-but-fair rhythm manifesto , while Gary Lee Conner is the band 's only obvious showman , a tangle of sweat , hair and punkoid Townshend windmill routines who , even when horizontal , somehow managed to keep his act on the rails for such intricate anthemic lullabies as ‘ Bed Of Roses ’ or ‘ Shadows ’ , the opening nugget from the new ST album . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm a DK , lady , ’ he said to Defries , grunting the words as he struggled to keep his footing on the juddering floor . |
| 14 | It was formerly a narrow single-track with passing places throughout its eleven miles , a slow journey during which the motorist had to keep his foot on the brake and his eyes alert for oncoming cars . |
| 15 | Franky struggled to keep his attention on the way ahead , preferring to nod at her in admiration . |
| 16 | The Board was the bridge ; he was going to keep his hand on the wheel . |
| 17 | You will learn that at the age of nineteen he was practising his public speaking at Hyde Park Corner ; you will learn that he reads the Sun to keep his finger on the public pulse . |
| 18 | He has to keep his finger on the pulse . ’ |
| 19 | He will need to keep his eye on the ball during an opening match against rookie Peter Ebdon . |
| 20 | He said he was sorry and normally obeyed all the driving rules , but this time failed to keep his eye on the speedometer as he made his way to Birmingham . |
| 21 | The winner is the one who can out-bluff his opponent and keep his hand on the pad the longest . |
| 22 | Although he was no longer resident , Pembroke kept his name on the College books until a still greater indiscretion made that impossible : he married , and what was worse , married a Catholic , in 1752 . |
| 23 | The Prince kept his hand on the bible . |
| 24 | But he kept his hand on the hilt , and his eyes on the assassin . |
| 25 | All the time he talked he kept his hand on the bonnet , partly for reassurance — he was less confident than he seemed — and partly as a caress . |
| 26 | His dynamic power and ability to stay on his feet in the tackle kept his side on the move throughout . |
| 27 | His failure can not have pleased the training officer , who was paid a bonus for every dealer who kept his place on the dealing floor . |
| 28 | He kept his typewriter on the top of a filing cabinet and would rattle off his memos and missives from an awkward standing position . |
| 29 | The boy kept his glance on the floor . |
| 30 | And , remembering the way the wretched man had kept his finger on the bell , ‘ He could n't have been that lucky — to pick on the one flat you were in out of all the others — purely by chance . ’ |