Example sentences of "[v-ing] to keep [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In effect , each is swearing to keep it on pain of death . |
| 2 | We 've been flying here since September , but our wives have regularly sent out Country Living to keep us in touch . |
| 3 | With a slight shake of his head Travis walked inside , turning to keep her in view as she closed the door again . |
| 4 | In reality , the relationship was a strained and sometimes comical mismatch , a 50-year-long saga of crossed purposes — with Yeats doing all the suffering and Maud forever striving to keep him at arm 's length . |
| 5 | The Collector and Hookum Singh had their backs to this wall of flesh , with bayonets sprouting from between their legs and under their armpits ; they were shoving and shoving , and they in turn were being shoved by the other Sikhs , who were struggling to keep them in place . |
| 6 | No , but you 've got the tool I 'm saying to keep it under control |
| 7 | Or are you hoping to keep her in ignorance so you can go back to her when you get tired of me and start wanting to respect yourself again ? |
| 8 | On four Thursday evenings during the winter she could be seen , dressed in spotty black and glittering with rhinestones , sawing happily away on her violin through four public concerts , under the baton of Mr Dixon , the elderly English master from Tollemarche public school , who tried gamely to keep the rest of the orchestra in time with her , since he had long ago given up trying to keep her in time with the orchestra . |
| 9 | He maintained that Philip was trying to keep him at war in Scotland ‘ so that he might not pursue his rights elsewhere ’ . |
| 10 | Immediately she was surrounded by the other occupants of the pool , who crowded around her , laughing and urging her right into the water and ignoring the grey-haired woman who was trying to keep them under control . |
| 11 | Ben moved across to the other side s ) f the window , trying to keep them in sight , but he lost them in a moment . |