Example sentences of "[noun pl] to keep [pers pn] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are loads of baddies , and the world needs some goodies to keep them in hand . |
| 2 | They 've seen language labs , which are great , more or less mould away for lack of resources to keep them in working order , and they see micros coming in at a time when everything else is being cut . |
| 3 | Elections , strikes , riots , pressure group lobbying , and decisions by law courts continuously serve to adjust state policies to keep them in touch with movements and realignments of multiple class fractions and strata . |
| 4 | The filter body sits on a hanger equipped with four of Eheim 's excellent suckers to keep it in place . |
| 5 | With backing from Citrine and Self , Smith tried to exercise such leverage , and ( when he failed to persuade the existing boiler manufacturers to respond ) proposed to attract new firms to the industry by the promise of orders to keep them in business . |
| 6 | In February 1974 , Mr Heath lost his overall majority , but remained in office for several days while he tried to do a deal with Mr Jeremy Thorpe and the Liberals to keep him in power . |
| 7 | Soon , though , she drops her fancy prose and concentrates on the relationship , almost sexual in its intensity , between Mr Castro and enough Cubans to keep him in power without the brutal repression that most Caribbean dictators go in for . |
| 8 | With the advantage of hindsight , we can take stock of the position at this point , but at the time the Colonel had only runners to keep him in touch with his headquarters and forward Troops , whose wirelesses had been knocked out . |
| 9 | This teleprinter machine was a temperamental beast and had to be carefully watched to make sure it did n't run out of paper , or chew it into shreds or otherwise make a mess of things , and it was one of our duties as Met Assistants to keep it in order . |
| 10 | He has little difficulty in pulling summer sheets and other light rugs straight over his head , even if there are straps under his tummy , so at night he has a rug with leg straps to keep it in place . |