Example sentences of "keep [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And you 're going to be in a lot of trouble when I tell the police you 're keeping me in this car by force . ’ |
| 2 | But Branfoot warned : ‘ I 'll be keeping them under tight control from now on . |
| 3 | Wooing first John and then Richard , Philip succeeded in keeping them at each other 's throats , or at Henry 's coat-tails , for several more years . |
| 4 | Technologically and economically it requires more explaining than is now possible , not least because of the loss or destruction or records , to say nothing of not keeping them at all . |
| 5 | Or do you not see any point in keeping them at all ? is the number to dial . |
| 6 | well mines the first two weeks and I 'm keeping them off those two days that they 're supposed to be at school |
| 7 | Keeping them in current assets would have resulted in any write-down on revaluation passing through the p&l account . |
| 8 | She had always tried to emulate Isabelle , too , in buying the best clothes she could afford , and keeping them in pristine condition , making sure she was well-groomed at all times . |
| 9 | It is also good at containing costs and farming out its staff to work on site rather than keeping them in expensive offices of its own . |
| 10 | Men believed in mastery over women , keeping them in protective custody . |
| 11 | He says that the council is obliged by the government to take full responsibility for young offenders — and that includes paying for keeping them in secure units . |
| 12 | Erm , yeah Mrs she sort of has the power over level erm if she she sort of , it 's like she 's sort of keeping her on this level in the same household as her |
| 13 | Medics are keeping her under intensive care but say she is making satisfactory progress . |
| 14 | ‘ Just keeping him in good condition for you , darling . ’ |
| 15 | I was just keeping it for wee Jonathan . |
| 16 | But if Mr Menzies had thought of this he must have been keeping it for another Sunday . |
| 17 | When path picks up line of iron fence continue to follow this , keeping it on left-hand side , to reach trig point on summit . |
| 18 | What we did say did n't encourage them to chat as we 'd always turn the conversation round to why they were keeping us like this . |
| 19 | If I 'd been a religious and I would have thanked one god or another for the large number of kilocreds I was soon to collect , which would keep me from any kind of poverty for a long time . |
| 20 | You can keep them with small rockdwellers , such as Neolamprologus , Julidochromis and Telmatochromis . |
| 21 | If you want to keep turtles happy , do n't keep them at all . |
| 22 | If you want to keep turtles happy , do n't keep them at all . |
| 23 | Flour beetles breed best at 25 C , so you should try to find a warm room or cupboard where you can keep them for 3 or 4 months at least . |
| 24 | fingerless mittens are an ideal solution as you can keep them on all the time even when shopping and paying at the checkout . |
| 25 | That 'll keep you in black pudding for a while , Brian ! |
| 26 | Well you 'll be saying you can keep her for another eighteen . |
| 27 | I could n't keep him to any particular point — he kept slipping from one subject to another without seeming to realize it . ’ |
| 28 | DeVore laughed , knowing the drug would last for hours yet — would keep him at this peak until he had done with her . |
| 29 | According to evidence at a murder trial , the police found the weapon when they freed the alleged murderer so they could keep him under secret surveillance . |
| 30 | I 'll keep him on that stuff |