Example sentences of "to keep [pers pn] in line " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now , a hundred people have lined up in front of him and a security guard begins to keep them in line . |
| 2 | However , they have told me recently that , when I was about nine or ten , they thought me a bully because I would surreptitiously pinch them or pull their hair in order to keep them in line — that is , in order to make them behave as my parents would have wished them to . |
| 3 | Presumably when the ( outside ? ) directors of the company meet they will discuss the earnings of the top managerial staff , and attempt to keep them in line with the manager 's worth ( marginal product ) to the company . |
| 4 | ‘ In fact , children do not need systems of punishment and reward to keep them in line , but they do need discipline . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm working on instinct , ’ he said thickly , ‘ but I 'm a fast learner , and I 've a good enough idea how to keep you in line . |
| 6 | Last season , he served a six-month suspension for misdemeanours in the Hong Kong Open and referee John Robinson , an ex-policeman , seemed determined to keep him in line . |
| 7 | He was rather like a 12-inch gun with no gunlayer ; he always turned up to meetings late and disoriented , although he had a middle-aged secretary who used to follow him about with his diary and try to keep him in line . |
| 8 | The second tactic he regards as an attempt to keep him in line . |
| 9 | She had not yet learned how greatly Brian exaggerated his financial problems in order to keep her in line . |
| 10 | The Nepalese rupee was devalued against the US dollar by 20.96 per cent in two moves on July 2 and 3 in order to keep it in line with the recently devalued India rupee [ see p. 38334 ] . |