Example sentences of "[adj] to keep [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now the champagne was flowing … all United need now is a new owner willing to keep them in the style to which they 'd like to become accustomed . |
| 2 | What Aristotle had seen as the vice of the pharaohs , Cardinal Richelieu raised to a maxim of policy for Louis XIII , whom he advised ‘ all politicians agree that when the people are too comfortable , it is impossible to keep them within the bounds of their duty … |
| 3 | In the early stages he was content to keep her towards the rear of the field as Teleprompter — also attempting a mile and a half for the first time — took his accustomed role of front-runner . |
| 4 | You may be able to keep us to the straight and narrow . |
| 5 | It hardly seemed fair to keep them in the cage she had made out of an old claret case she had dragged up from the cellar . |
| 6 | She was frigid and strait-laced and therefore somewhat ill-equipped to keep me on the straight and narrow . |
| 7 | Successes , failures , blags and scams on the Enterprise Allowance Scheme — purpose-built to keep you off the dole and in your place |
| 8 | This time , because your subjects are not static objects but people , you can move the camera as necessary to keep them in the centre of the frame — but stay with the subject , do n't pan part-way through to show something else . |