Example sentences of "keep [pron] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had long found that keeping my own little area and few belongings in order was a vital way of keeping a hold of myself , keeping my mind and spirits in order . |
| 2 | To the many others , too numerous to mention , who have assisted in keeping my body and mind functioning throughout the year , a very happy 1993 to you all . |
| 3 | Esther is keeping my letter until she hears of more complaints about faulty harnesses , leads or dog toys . |
| 4 | THE Prince and Princess of Wales ended their tour of South Korea yesterday at a traditional honeymoon spot keeping their distance and looking miserable . |
| 5 | The stumbling block is the composition of the Lords itself , predominantly hereditary peers and Conservatives who have a vested interest in keeping their club as it is . |
| 6 | Although we have tried hard with Jane , we have not succeeded … in keeping her calm and amenable and pleasant , as she can be . |
| 7 | ‘ The Methodists never made much headway with the Machin family , ’ said Rose , still keeping her distance and not looking him in the eye . |
| 8 | Keeping her head and shoulders back would have improved this rider 's stickability ! |
| 9 | It is n't working out for me , I 've been told I 've got ta increase my payments to a hundred and one pounds fifty two a week for my two children from my previous marriage , and I 've been told by Social Security that the hundred and one pound fifty two a week will take my ex-wife and her husband off income support , so I will be keeping her family and their child . |
| 10 | He turned back towards the stands , jumped nimbly over the thirteenth and fourteenth and soared over the Chair with Sebastian V , Royal Stuart and Zongalero keeping him company and Spartan Missile starting to make ground from the rear . |
| 11 | ‘ But the manager Allan Clarke was only keeping his word when he let me go to Portsmouth . |
| 12 | ‘ Meanwhile I 'm up here scrimping and saving and keeping his daughter when it 's not really my fault that we 're having a divorce . ’ |
| 13 | He 'd learned from it , too ; not , perhaps , very much about masonry , but a great deal about keeping his temper and holding his tongue , even under injustice . |
| 14 | But this season we are sticking together , keeping our discipline and if one goal is enough , so be it . ’ |
| 15 | KEEPING YOUR WICKER AND CANE IN TIP TOP CONDITION |
| 16 | Keep your chequebook and your cheque card separate : If you make it easy for a thief to plunder your account by keeping your chequebook and card together , you could be held responsible for the whole amount . |
| 17 | Can you do five full press-ups from the floor ( keeping your body and legs straight and supporting your weight on your toes and hands ) ? |
| 18 | What are the others keeping your arm or keeping your arms crossed , or in a fig leaf position . |
| 19 | If your record starts to pick up air play and get reviewed just after three weeks , it may be worth keeping your plugger and press officer on for a bit longer . |
| 20 | If you 're keeping your spouse because you have the assets and he or she does n't , there 's no good leaving nothing to the spouse , unless that spouse is rich in his or her own right Rich in comparative terms , then there may be good reasons not to live him or her anything because you 'd rather leave it to the children . |
| 21 | Keeping your farmyard and the surrounding area well lit with security floodlights at night is a cost-effective way to help keep criminals away . |
| 22 | And Ches would keep me company when nobody else would … . |
| 23 | ‘ Jack told me so many things but what I remember most was him stressing that I should keep my energy and emotional levels the same throughout a round of golf . |
| 24 | ‘ I can see no reason why I should n't keep my job because I have not committed any offence under military law , ’ he said at the time . |
| 25 | France can keep its baguette and Britain its sliced white , because the EC has largely abandoned attempts to regulate the contents of food . |
| 26 | However , because of the potential for error if the wrong terms are used in a particular transaction , it is probably better to have only one set of terms , and draft in appropriate provisions to allow them to be used for both consumer and business transactions , unless the client can keep its consumer and other business wholly separate . |
| 27 | This is a different Switzerland , an area where places to play and places to relax somehow live side by side with that never-to-be-suppressed Swiss past , which looks down on it all , smiling benevolently but quietly insisting that the twentieth century must keep its place and show respect . |
| 28 | The ego knows that if it has to make choices in the world of actuality it can not keep its cake and eat it too ; the id does not . |
| 29 | At first I had suggested that I should keep her company but she dismissed the idea at once : ‘ I am not a child , and I refuse to be treated as one ’ , and I guessed she wanted to be alone rather as a young girl might who sets out to post an imaginary letter , hoping to meet on the way the person for whom she has made herself beautiful . |
| 30 | She could hardly keep her patience if the train was delayed and she arrived late . |