Example sentences of "keep it for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Though the supplier has no guarantee of the business , it has an advantage and , once it has the business , the firm can be fairly sure it will keep it for a long time .
2 Gollum was once a hobbit who came across the Ring by chance and keeps it for a long time .
3 However , she only keeps it for a few weeks before it is handed back to the new Lady Mayoress by the sheriff for the price of a kiss .
4 A chap named , ooh , Harry , he used to keep it for a long while , and er then of course , th the post office was on the er , opposite side of the road to where it is now .
5 And obviously we would want to take money out of reserves , our original amendment took one point three million pounds out of reserves and it 's interesting to see now that you 're suggesting almost that figure again and yet for years you 've been telling us you ca n't take this money out of the reserves , er you know we had to keep it for a rainy day .
6 and you 'll probably want to keep it for a little while ?
7 She was to keep it for the next three and a half years .
8 He had resolved to keep it for the whole year , egged on by his father , who had promised him a new bicycle if he succeeded .
9 I used to go and fetch the , the butter from do n't bring margarine my father used to say we put better stuff on our machines so er I used to go to for my father kept foul , I used to fetch a peck of , bushel of this and a bushel of , you know all the various things that , bran and stuff for the foul yes , yes and I believe a lady , she has , she 's only recently died and but she kept it for a long long while Elsie her name was .
10 She held my hand steady to bring the cigarette to the flame and kept it for a few seconds longer than she had to .
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