Example sentences of "trying to keep [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On four Thursday evenings during the winter she could be seen , dressed in spotty black and glittering with rhinestones , sawing happily away on her violin through four public concerts , under the baton of Mr Dixon , the elderly English master from Tollemarche public school , who tried gamely to keep the rest of the orchestra in time with her , since he had long ago given up trying to keep her in time with the orchestra . |
| 2 | Sooner or later she would have found out for herself , and the interrogation would have been worse still if she 'd thought Rory was trying to keep her in the dark about such a momentous event in her life . |
| 3 | ‘ And if you have any intention of trying to keep her from me , I warn you , I wo n't stand for it ! ’ |
| 4 | He maintained that Philip was trying to keep him at war in Scotland ‘ so that he might not pursue his rights elsewhere ’ . |
| 5 | I 've had a couple of stormy sessions with the old rascal trying to keep him on the beam . ’ |
| 6 | Immediately she was surrounded by the other occupants of the pool , who crowded around her , laughing and urging her right into the water and ignoring the grey-haired woman who was trying to keep them under control . |
| 7 | Ben moved across to the other side s ) f the window , trying to keep them in sight , but he lost them in a moment . |
| 8 | This is very contrary to our traditional view of trying to segment and fragment the information and trying to keep it at the business specific level or trying to keep it at the corporate level . |
| 9 | This is very contrary to our traditional view of trying to segment and fragment the information and trying to keep it at the business specific level or trying to keep it at the corporate level . |
| 10 | ‘ Your father 's been trying to keep it from you . |
| 11 | And in the last couple of years I 've been listening to music that 's going in the same direction , like The Beach Boys , for instance , but trying to keep it within a guitar format . |
| 12 | There 's no question of anyone trying to keep you in St Benedict 's against your will , but if you would consent to remain with us , say , overnight I 'd be very grateful . |
| 13 | More often than not the gravel is piled up against the front glass of the tank as though the fish are trying to keep you from prying into their nest . |