Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] to keep [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was bitterly cold in the cell-like bedroom and the two girls were huddled on the bed , wrapped in blankets , with cats draped over their feet to keep out the cold . |
| 2 | PUBLICANS are campaigning on behalf of their customers to keep down the price of the pint in the Republic . |
| 3 | He handed her a blanket as she had no shawl and made sure it covered her head to keep out the cold . |
| 4 | For once she was early and there were only a handful of girls in the yard , all stamping their feet and huddling in their cloaks to keep out the bitter cold . |
| 5 | A sitting tenant who came with the greenhouses … and is doing his bit to keep down the slugs . |
| 6 | Pa shrugged himself into his coat and tied a muffler about his neck to keep out the cold February wind . |
| 7 | Yet inefficiency in the command structure had hampered his efforts to keep up the pressure on Rommel 's supply lines , and in being ordered to return to base , he felt the grip of official interference . |
| 8 | Brian Fletcher on Red Rum thought he was , and urged his mount to keep up the pursuit . |