Example sentences of "keep him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm not keeping him on the hop , but I am making a joke of things . |
2 | You now , he , he 's had , I 'm just keeping him on the straight and narrow while he 's on remission . |
3 | " That 'll please you , wo n't it , keeping him in a muck sweat . |
4 | Some deep throbbing vibration seemed to be keeping him in the air , and his limbs ached . |
5 | I wonder if they 're keeping him in the morgue , by the way ? |
6 | Fat chance , thought Leonora , unable to resist keeping him in the dark about whether Elise was going with her . |
7 | She can keep him for the moment . |
8 | What she needed was a weapon of some sort , something that would keep him at a distance should the need arise . |
9 | Andy Platt , England 's latest recruit , has agreed a new deal with Aston Villa which will keep him at the club until 1994 . |
10 | JOHN MORRIS , Derbyshire 's 28-year-old vice-captain , has ended speculation about his cricketing future by signing a two-year extension to his contract which will keep him at the Recreation Ground until 1996 . |
11 | And also : According to local rag , Wilko has denied he will be signing a contract next week that will keep him at the club until 1999 . |
12 | And to me he added , " That 'll keep him on the run . " |
13 | Why do n't you just keep him in the clinic ? ’ and shrugged her angry retort aside . |
14 | Well in that case I would n't put him on er on a job that was made out on site but I would keep him in the |
15 | Instead of leaving Deanein the reserves as he did with rocky he 'll keep him in the firsts and he 'll come good . |
16 | Even the after effects could not keep him from the final . |
17 | In a world of single parents , almost all of them female , it is the relationship that the young man has with a solid male figure that gives him an edge and keeps him on the straight and narrow . |
18 | His tough character keeps him in the house and looks forward to the awaiting adventure . |
19 | Then they tore in a wild , bumpy , breakneck race across the rough heath to Scawby Marsh and got ropes round the poor terrified pony just in time to keep him above the shifting surface before the marsh engulfed him . |
20 | You owe it to your parents to keep him off the premises . ’ |
21 | Soon it was raining hard enough , Stephen noted dismally , to keep him off the moor for the evening . |
22 | ‘ I 'd love to keep him as a pet . ’ |
23 | I advise you to keep him at a distance until you are married . ’ |
24 | She made for an armchair , knowing it would be wise to keep him at a distance , but she did n't reach it . |
25 | And the second thing she understood was the reason why she was indeed so desperate to keep him at a distance . |
26 | No wonder she 'd struggled so hard against it , doing all in her power to keep him at a distance . |
27 | Now that he 'd told her he wanted the club , Adam would probably expect her to keep him at a wary arm 's length . |
28 | Clough will consider it a much needed morale booster if he can get Keane 's signature on the new deal , even though the battle to keep him at the City Ground is far from being won . |
29 | Michael holds Howard by the upper arms , to take in his corporeal presence through his finger-tips , and to keep him at the right distance for gazing at in astonishment . |
30 | Surely the manager could have massaged his ego enough to keep him at the club . |