Example sentences of "keep him [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Terry Terry we 've been keeping him waiting on the line a long time good morning Terry .
2 Now I 've engendered a feedback loop , so that if Mait , or anyone else , tries to use it , the enhancer will focus his concentration , feed it back , and drain it off again in a continuous loop that should keep him rooted to the spot for the rest of his life — or until someone else separates his gaze from the lenses .
3 That way if one of the midfield does do themselves a mischief Rocky will have had some games at least ( I 'd rest Strachan personally to keep him going for the League campaign — which IMO is our best chnace of a European place [ we 're too unlucky in the cups ] ) .
4 In fact , both Stirling 's legs were temporarily paralysed and he suffered quite a severe back injury which was to keep him immobilized for the best part of two months .
5 Something to keep him occupied through the odd thirty seconds of the week when he 's not actually reading some other report .
6 It will serve the purpose of isolating Mr Tweed from his old buddies , keep him running like a scared fox . ’
7 However , his abiding passion for collecting recipes and formulas kept him experimenting for a further twenty years , perfecting the transfer-printing process .
8 Colossal close-outs kept him sprinting for the horizon .
9 They kept him going through the night but his editorial judgment was rarely at fault .
10 Presumably some of those who were still loyal to Richard kept him informed of the deteriorating political situation , and of the contacts between his brothers and the rebels .
11 Law consulted Lansdowne on all matters of importance , kept him informed of the progress of negotiations over Ulster , but found him difficult to convince of the merits of compromise .
12 The adventure on which he had embarked , which was to give a sort of permanence to the past , was the one thing that kept him anchored to a chair and table all day , and often into the night .
13 She felt a warm sense of power as she kept him dangling for a moment .
14 Like when a drunken Richard Burton nodded off in the middle of a question ; the time Warren Beatty kept him waiting for an hour-and-a-half … and the day Robert Raging Bull De Niro looked as if he was about to punch him on the nose .
15 Naylor Massingham demanded , growing more furious , she realised , the longer she kept him waiting for an answer .
16 Elizabeth played one of her characteristically tantalizing games , and kept him waiting until the very moment of her death .
17 For his father Andre Hanscombe — whose love for his son has kept him going amidst the grief — it will be a time calling on all his reserves of courage .
18 When asked what had kept him going at a time when Willie Miller 's appointment as manager at Pittodrie prompted speculation that McLeish might be a natural second-in-command , the defender was unequivocal .
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