Example sentences of "keep [pers pn] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Or do you not see any point in keeping them at all ? is the number to dial . |
| 4 | If you want to keep turtles happy , do n't keep them at all . |
| 5 | If you want to keep turtles happy , do n't keep them at all . |
| 6 | DeVore laughed , knowing the drug would last for hours yet — would keep him at this peak until he had done with her . |
| 7 | Look at that place in Southampton , can do me a disc drive for two hundred quid or whatever it was , I do n't know why but I ca n't remember the price , but let's keep it at two hundred pound , And he phoned them up and said oh your price is very good on that one . |
| 8 | ‘ We have a good working relationship ; let's just keep it at that , shall we ? |
| 9 | Surely they 've been for the last four years and they must or do they just keep it at eighty one then they go to ninety ? |
| 10 | If , however , mutations affect both juvenile and adult survival equally , selection against their early effects keeps them at low frequency , and prevents the collapse of late survival . |
| 11 | A chassis and body was built from the pilot 's hip out ( to keep him at one with his machine ) . |
| 12 | And versatile international Joe Lydon has signed a new 12-month contract to keep him at Central Park . |
| 13 | This is partly because eating foods you do n't like ( and avoiding those you do ) day after day is nigh-on impossible , and partly because your personal cholesterol level is as normal and natural for you as your shoe size , so your body has various feedback mechanisms to keep it at that level . |
| 14 | Well if you 'd like to keep it at that , that 's fine . |
| 15 | There 's no reasson to keep it at all . |
| 16 | The sellers gave the buyers a delivery note to enable them to collect the spirit from X. However , the buyers chose to keep it at X 's and did not come to remove it for some months by which time it had deteriorated . |
| 17 | The decision to keep it at 23 means fewer fixtures , less money and a greater likelihood of further clubs folding . |
| 18 | Then within the team 's , in the Policy Team there were three Policy Development Officer 's , in the Neighbourhood Development Team there were two Development Officer 's and in the Community Development Team there are one , two , there are well there are normally six officer 's that you could I that you could identify , but there are other people that relate to them , but then it gets a bit complicated so were keep it at that . |
| 19 | Just keep it at that . |
| 20 | I think that fee is excellent , if they 'd of kept it at that , I think most people could afford it . |