Example sentences of "keep it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The primary task of monetary policy is to fight inflation , keeping it to an acceptable level . |
| 2 | Water management is the major part of fishkeeping — but I do have this fantasy about keeping it to the minimum and this partly explains the filtration system I am suggesting , based on a fairly standard undergravel . |
| 3 | On Friday , though , Alesi had been the top man as he claimed the overnight pole , but he lost any chance of keeping it with a wall-bashing incident , which came as no surprise to anyone who had watched his outrageously extrovert efforts . |
| 4 | Under the heading ‘ A better quality of life ’ , Labour 's policy review for the 1990s declared that the future of the planet depended on keeping it at the top of the agenda : |
| 5 | ‘ You 're sending it and keeping it at the same time ? ’ |
| 6 | We we 're keeping it under the first weight bracket er for for cost reasons . |
| 7 | Our civilization has at least this to its credit , he wrote , that it has found a way of rounding up this dishonest crap and incarcerating it in morgues , in fortified places with guards and alarm bells and the rest , thus keeping it off the streets , protecting decent citizens , and now , he wrote , there are even moves afoot to repel intruders by making them pay hard cash to enter these fortified places . |
| 8 | 2 Straighten left leg out behind you , keeping it off the floor . |
| 9 | We 're keeping it as a monument to its origins during the war |
| 10 | Three options for Bart 's — keeping it as a smaller specialist hospital ; closing Smithfield site with services moved ; or combined management with the Royal London and London Chest Hospitals . |
| 11 | I can understand like you picking one up to get rid of it if you 're not scared of it , but playing with one , keeping it as a pet ! |
| 12 | In 1868 and 1879 the two ‘ Torrens Acts ’ made the owner of a house responsible for keeping it in a habitable condition , and gave powers of compulsion to the local authority . |
| 13 | SHOCKED Colin Creasey saved a kitchen fitter 's severed thumb by keeping it in a pack of frozen peas . |
| 14 | It worries the lawyers , and the insurance company were always fussing about keeping it in a private house . |
| 15 | But did she really use a potty at night , keeping it in a cupboard by her bed ? |
| 16 | On the Ukrainian tour , Houghton thought the band were too fervid about keeping it in the family . |
| 17 | Forest manager Brian Clough insists on keeping it in the family after Liverpool boss Graeme Souness had made a move for Nigel . |
| 18 | But the PRO is charged with keeping it in the public eye . |
| 19 | How about just keeping it in the bag ? |
| 20 | It just depends where we 're going cos I do n't know what we 're doing yet So I 'd and the woman 's coming round tonight so I 'll just , sort of , say to her if I can keep it over the weekend I can do a lot more so otherwise I 'll feel a bit bad |
| 21 | Though the supplier has no guarantee of the business , it has an advantage and , once it has the business , the firm can be fairly sure it will keep it for a long time . |
| 22 | I shall keep it for a bit longer Clare |
| 23 | Yes … take your time , we will keep it for the Wednesday edition . |
| 24 | John wo n't mind , let's keep it for the night , and take it back tomorrow morning . |
| 25 | Small babies always need a lot of luggage — nappies , jars , bottles , wipes — but you can keep it to a minimum with our checklist of the bare essentials which you 'll find in page 18 . |
| 26 | So please , ladies and gentlemen , when you speak to the supporters , as I know you always do , let's keep it on a friendly basis . |
| 27 | ‘ I think the banks will keep it on the lane and I suppose it 'll just roll to a halt eventually . ’ |
| 28 | and I can keep it on the wall in n it ? |
| 29 | Do n't keep it with a Red-Tail . |
| 30 | money under the er might keep it under the floorboards . |