Example sentences of "[noun sg] to keep [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as Elisha could answer the widow 's need because he had been in touch with his Lord , so the Holy Spirit is God 's agent to keep us in touch with Him , and to make us pure . |
| 2 | It helps a great deal to keep us in touch with what 's happening at school and enables us to exert some influence , I suppose , on what happens in schools , hopefully in the interests of the candidates . |
| 3 | The Data System is just part of a massive development programme to keep us in front and to offer our clients the best licensed taxi service there is . |
| 4 | The second tactic he regards as an attempt to keep him in line . |
| 5 | Having chosen the shift which suits it best , each animal relies on its circadian rhythm to keep it on schedule . |
| 6 | The US continued to pour money into the South to keep it in power , again sinking deeper into the quicksand in the process . |
| 7 | The whole workforce turned up outside the Bentley Piano factory at Woodchester as part of their battle to keep it in business . |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | Then she added with an air of responsibility , ‘ It 's my job to keep them in order . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , ’ she breathed , her desire to keep him at arm 's length dwindling to nothing . |
| 11 | If you are really living in a mess , have a grand clear-out and put the whole place straight ; after that try to discipline yourself to dean and tidy on a regular basis to keep it under control . |
| 12 | This was not merely because the new function of the bourgeois wife , to show off the capacity of the bourgeois husband to keep her in leisure and luxury , conflicted with the old functions of actually running a household , but also because her inferiority to the man must be demonstrable : |
| 13 | Where the bottom is weedy ( ordinary soft weed , not algae ) you can incorporate a cork or piece of polystyrene into the feeder to keep it on top of the weed ( see Fig. 3 ) . |
| 14 | We have been told there should have been clips at the back to keep it in place . |
| 15 | And they 'd need to hold a gun to Piggott 's head to keep him in hospital a day — no an hour — longer than strictly necessary . |
| 16 | He 's not all that crazy about Pogo anyway — he says he is n't a strong enough character to keep me in order ! |
| 17 | They lit smoky fires at night to keep them at bay , but were soon itching with bites . |
| 18 | We will send you a magazine every quarter to keep you in touch with the latest travel news and issues around the world . |
| 19 | Roxburgh said : ‘ One of the staff will be at the game with a portable ‘ phone to keep me in touch . |
| 20 | When the two truckers gave up their cursory attempt to find him and rejoined their companions , he advanced to the edge of the clearing to keep them under observation . |
| 21 | Councillors were flown to France to see a PWR in operation , to Torness to see how luxurious the workers , accommodation could be — an attraction to keep them on site and out of trouble . |
| 22 | Ewshot fought back in the second half and Murphy , despite an injury to his nose , covered acres of ground in both attack and defence to keep them at bay . |
| 23 | Undertakers ' men and grave-diggers had to be copiously supplied with liquor to keep them at work , and this added to the disorder and indecency . |
| 24 | Traditionally , the ribbon weave was left loose , but it 's easier to use interfacing to keep it in place . |
| 25 | Although the party had secured only 8,360,000 votes compared with the 8,664,000 who voted Conservative , it had won most seats in parliament and it became inevitable that it should form a second minority government , once again relying upon Liberal Party support to keep it in office . |
| 26 | At a time when managers in other companies worried about being ‘ out of sight , out of mind ’ , the IBMer had his Career Manager to keep him in view . |
| 27 | Thus , where a lease contained a covenant to build certain buildings by a specified date and an obligation to keep them in repair , it was held that once the tenant had failed to build the buildings on time , no further covenant to build could be implied from the covenant to repair ( Stephens v Junior Army and Navy Stores [ 1914 ] 2 Ch 516 ) . |
| 28 | I 'd just get myself a fine eejit of a man to keep me in barley sugar all day . ’ |
| 29 | Equally , where the lift is an essential means of access he will be under a duty to take reasonable care to keep it in working order ( Liverpool City Council v Irwin ) . |
| 30 | In a couple of days she 'll be up and about again , but I 've been told by the doctor to keep her off school for a while longer . |