Example sentences of "keep her [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All right , dear ? ’ asked her mother , keeping her gaze on the television screen . |
| 2 | But she could never keep her mind on the job . |
| 3 | Much as he wished that Aunt Tossie might keep her mind on the Form Book , where their interests in beating the Handicapper ran together , he had nevertheless acceded to her insistence on a party , a small house party , for Nicandra 's first real ball . |
| 4 | She was still trembling half an hour later , as she huddled beneath a small gateway , trying to keep her footing on the wet grass of the embankment . |
| 5 | She ached in every muscle from the constant strain of trying to keep her balance on the heaving deck . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't what ? ’ she laughed , teetering to keep her balance on the edge . |
| 7 | And the relieved mum vowed to keep her eye on the ‘ little devil ’ from now on . |
| 8 | A mistress too ill to keep her eye on the books ! |
| 9 | She tried to keep her attention on the lines , but they were already swimming off the page . |
| 10 | Sarah knew she was slow , and she tried hard to grasp things more quickly and to keep her mind on the task or game in hand , but she did n't always succeed . |
| 11 | Turning , walking , lofting up or down tubes on her predetermined course , she tried to keep her mind on the job . |
| 12 | Angrily , she fought down the urge to turn , and kept her eye on the bead of light , willing the pathetic creature beyond to come to it . |
| 13 | Britta filled her mind with thoughts of grey blankness , and kept her finger on the button she had pressed . |
| 14 | She kept her hand on the pilot 's yoke and followed through on his movements in case of trouble , but without any qualms he greased the Seneca on to the eleven-thousand-foot Runway 27 at Goose Bay . |