Example sentences of "keep her in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A period of almost literally climbing the walls , turning away from the world and kneeling up , holding the end of the iron hospital bed , and Lisa 's hand firmly on the pain , firmly on the small of her back pressing , pressing , pressing away the pain and the fear , keeping her in contact . |
| 2 | He took his time about going through them , examining each one individually , making no comments , keeping her in suspense , as she perched apprehensively on the edge of her chair . |
| 3 | His strong thighs tightened on her , keeping her in place , forcing her to accept his male domination . |
| 4 | I took her to Jaén and they are keeping her in hospital until tomorrow at the very least . |
| 5 | He did not keep her in suspense . |
| 6 | Unless a mother divorces herself completely from the essential tasks of child care , handing over her baby to others , her role will keep her in touch with the most basic elements of life ! |
| 7 | Or are you hoping to keep her in ignorance so you can go back to her when you get tired of me and start wanting to respect yourself again ? |
| 8 | There 's no opposition in parliament any more to keep her in check . |
| 9 | Often in the past he had tried to keep her in bed in the morning , but always she had pushed off his sleep-drugged advances with a brusque reminder that she had work to do , stubbornly shutting her mind to the tenderness of a few hours before . |
| 10 | With a slight shake of his head Travis walked inside , turning to keep her in view as she closed the door again . |
| 11 | She had not yet learned how greatly Brian exaggerated his financial problems in order to keep her in line . |
| 12 | This was not merely because the new function of the bourgeois wife , to show off the capacity of the bourgeois husband to keep her in leisure and luxury , conflicted with the old functions of actually running a household , but also because her inferiority to the man must be demonstrable : |
| 13 | On four Thursday evenings during the winter she could be seen , dressed in spotty black and glittering with rhinestones , sawing happily away on her violin through four public concerts , under the baton of Mr Dixon , the elderly English master from Tollemarche public school , who tried gamely to keep the rest of the orchestra in time with her , since he had long ago given up trying to keep her in time with the orchestra . |
| 14 | Shortly before the second anniversary of her wedding Mrs Tristan Gage suffered a miscarriage which kept her in bed for several cosseted days surrounded by every possible luxury and attention , including the embarrassed affection of her husband who had rather more idea how mares and hound bitches might feel at such moments than women , and the deep concern of her mother who , throughout her own twenty-six years of marriage had herself miscarried eight times . |
| 15 | This in turn kept her in touch with local happenings — who was doing what , to whom , etc . |
| 16 | They kept her in touch with the ‘ real world ’ , she reasoned . |
| 17 | He kept her in touch with the academic world , and she rushed the housework to type his lectures . |
| 18 | And her endless supplies of Paris Match keep her in touch with the Royals . |
| 19 | Wilt thou love her , comfort her , honour , and keep her in sickness and in health ; and , forsaking all other , keep thee only unto her , so long as ye both shall live ? |
| 20 | She had been off work for several days and Lovebird had kept her in bed and fed her chicken soup from the stove . |
| 21 | These are the people who have seen her through the difficult times , who have helped her adjust to the life before her and who have kept her in touch with the real world . |