Example sentences of "keep it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 : |
| 3 | ‘ You 're sending it and keeping it at the same time ? ’ |
| 4 | We we 're keeping it under the first weight bracket er for for cost reasons . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 2 Straighten left leg out behind you , keeping it off the floor . |
| 7 | On the Ukrainian tour , Houghton thought the band were too fervid about keeping it in the family . |
| 8 | Forest manager Brian Clough insists on keeping it in the family after Liverpool boss Graeme Souness had made a move for Nigel . |
| 9 | But the PRO is charged with keeping it in the public eye . |
| 10 | How about just keeping it in the bag ? |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | Yes … take your time , we will keep it for the Wednesday edition . |
| 13 | John wo n't mind , let's keep it for the night , and take it back tomorrow morning . |
| 14 | ‘ I think the banks will keep it on the lane and I suppose it 'll just roll to a halt eventually . ’ |
| 15 | and I can keep it on the wall in n it ? |
| 16 | money under the er might keep it under the floorboards . |
| 17 | and she says I 'll keep it till the week after |
| 18 | Let's keep it in the possession of us Boring Old Farts — and Encore for the Arts ! |
| 19 | ( If you do not use all the recipe at once , you can keep it in the fridge for a couple of days , or freeze it . |
| 20 | In fact technically I ought to have someone else here as well , but I thought that as the sergeant knew the facts of the enquiry ( in fact he was instrumental in getting the information we 'd like to question you about ) , it would keep it in the family so to speak if he acted as my amanuensis , that 's the word , is n't it , Sergeant Pascoe ? ’ |
| 21 | I mean s Kingsley Black has stood it in here to the second post now if he does n't feel he can get enough on it to go for goal he should keep it in the danger area just turn it back across the face of the goal and let one of the other lads have a go at it , Collimore or Rozario . |
| 22 | Why did n't you keep it in the box ? |
| 23 | Yeah so I 'll keep it in the garage . |
| 24 | They might keep it in the garden and have it as bed and breakfast ! |
| 25 | Here 's to next year , let's keep it in the town shall we if we can ? |
| 26 | You could keep it from the women , the hidden story of the cells and the cemeteries , of the club and the castor oil bottle . |
| 27 | And keeps it off the carpet as well . |
| 28 | The Conservative Party 's new chairman , Chris Patten , has told Marxism Today of his interest in the German idea of a ‘ social market ’ , which believes it is possible to unleash capitalism 's efficiency but also to keep it under the supervising eye of society : to combine the engine of individualism and a communal conscience . |
| 29 | We try to keep it under the surface but it 's definitely become much more of a problem . |
| 30 | His agent , Giles Gordon of Sheil Land , had reacted to the sight of the manuscript with alarm , but was won around by reading it : ‘ He said that perhaps it should be cut a bit , but that we should aim to keep it to the same kind of scale . ’ |