Example sentences of "to keep [pers pn] in order " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the other patients crowded outside and Miss Sowerby tried to keep them in order , Alec motioned to the father to carry the boy into the ‘ ops ’ theatre and lay him down on his back on the operating table so that we could make a more detailed examination . |
| 2 | They need a fear of heavenly retribution to keep them in order . |
| 3 | Then she added with an air of responsibility , ‘ It 's my job to keep them in order . |
| 4 | He 's not all that crazy about Pogo anyway — he says he is n't a strong enough character to keep me in order ! |
| 5 | CATHERINE If I did , it was probably only to keep you in order . |
| 6 | It is not recorded in what mischief the Lord Mayor of York used to indulge , but the Lady Mayoress had a three foot long staff of honour to keep him in order ! |
| 7 | This teleprinter machine was a temperamental beast and had to be carefully watched to make sure it did n't run out of paper , or chew it into shreds or otherwise make a mess of things , and it was one of our duties as Met Assistants to keep it in order . |