Example sentences of "[noun sg] to keep [pron] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Bush turned to attacks in a last bid to keep his job and pull off the political upset of the century and ripped into ‘ the slippery one ’ as a man who can not be trusted during a hectic five-state blitz to shore up his support . |
| 2 | And she would do it , Emily clenched her hands into fists , she would fight to the last breath to keep her heritage and to preserve the good name of the Grenfells . |
| 3 | Once they believe you really are an innocent party — or can not be useful to them in finding the ship — then they 've no reason to keep your wife and daughter alive . |
| 4 | What a fag though , to have to use one program to keep your diary and then another to print it out … |
| 5 | Change is slow and unspectacular but nevertheless constantly occurring , allowing the organization to keep its balance where most of its contemporaries — Icebreakers , Gay News , GLF and many others — have slipped and lost their footing . |
| 6 | I have often much ado to keep my countenance when I hear and see him , though really the man means well ; and Oh ! he does load one with such great , big , thumping , barefaced compliments , bestowing a pretty decent one on himself now and then . ’ |
| 7 | Tilt the pelvis to keep your tummy and bottom tucked in . |
| 8 | Not the way to keep your fief and your perpetual pension . |