Example sentences of "could [adv] keep [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	The dishwasher broke down and they could not keep pace with the washing up .
2	Thus the silk industry of Valencia , frequently noted by travellers as one of the most promising features of the economy , apart from a period of prosperity between 1835 and 1852 , remained relatively stagnant throughout the nineteenth century ; in the late eighteenth century a technically advanced industry , in the nineteenth it could not keep pace with Lyons .
3	Despite these developments , charitable subscriptions supplemented by local appeals could not keep pace with rising demand and increasingly expensive treatments .
4	Increasing problems of indebtedness meant that railway development could not keep pace with changing population patterns .
5	Teachers and LEAs could not keep track of this deluge , little of which can now be recalled by practitioners in any detail .
6	I was soaked to the skin , my hands so cold I could hardly keep hold of the tiller .
7	Student allowances are often provided by the parents , themselves often low-paid intellectuals and by the mid-1980s , income could hardly keep pace with price rises .
8	‘ The gossip columnists could hardly keep track of them !
9	You could also keep traack of who was in whoose team … & all transfers could be done via you .
10	There was a woman called Wilkinson who could n't keep order in a birdcage .
11	It was too much , too soon because his development as a person could n't keep pace with his progress as a tennis player .
12	And of course , you could n't keep pace with it , because Buckingham Palace had bought it you see , and it was good .
13	A minute or two later Pat said he could n't keep height for lack of power and we would have to ditch .
14	She felt muddled … could n't keep track of one thought for long .
15	Leeds just could nt keep possession for any time , so were nt building attacks , even the clearances started going out of play .

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