Example sentences of "and keep [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The famous sequence where the heroine can not stop thinking about the blood-stained knife , and keeps overhearing the word ‘ knife ’ in her father 's newsagent 's shop , is also an unparalleled use of sound technique . |
| 2 | ‘ We will keep our feet on the ground and keep passing the ball . |
| 3 | Refuse to get diverted , and keep using the ‘ broken record ’ technique of repeating your case ( see p. 52 ) . |
| 4 | It seems to be that soaps are endlessly doing that , they want to say maybe nurture is actually more important than blood , but then they pull back and keep reasserting the importance of blood ties . |
| 5 | Keep talking to him , and keep playing the music . ’ |
| 6 | After all , they were generous and kept throwing the ball at you — they played the game , but you did n't play back . |
| 7 | ‘ We filled in loads of forms and kept reminding the council but nothing happened . |
| 8 | ‘ We filled in loads of forms and kept reminding the council but nothing happened . |
| 9 | I could n't stop talking and kept thanking the anaesthetist profusely . |
| 10 | Maggie scraped the radiant atoms off Hermione 's arms and juggled them in the air , but she was giggling too much and kept missing the rhythm . |
| 11 | Charles was sitting at the back of the hall with Malcolm Harris , and kept feeling the author tense as another of his speeches was chopped up and destroyed . |