Example sentences of "kept a [adj] diary " in BNC.
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| 1 | The author of several pamphlets , and an FRS , Bennet kept a political diary from 1806 , now lost , though extracts were published in the nineteenth century and one volume ( for 1821 ) has come to light . |
| 2 | In World War II , Anne Frank , a Jewish girl , kept a famous diary . |
| 3 | The bishop was Hensley Henson , who kept a frank diary : ‘ 26 November 1936 . |
| 4 | Each patient kept a daily diary to record and score symptoms ( nausea , flatulence , pain , bowel openings , etc ) and to note other life occurrences ( family or work stress , coincidental illness such as flu , menstrual perioc , etc ) . |
| 5 | He quotes from local antiquarians and contemporary records ; ‘ Alexander Brodie of Brodie , the Laird of the lands adjoining the Barony of Culbin , kept a detailed diary throughout the years from 1651 until 1680 , when he died . |
| 6 | She kept a secret diary which revealed that he spoke on average 3.5 words a day , she told a divorce judge . |
| 7 | As a child I kept an unending diary ; as a student in Louisiana I wrote some tv news scripts ( and damaged the teleprompt during a live transmission , which put an end to that little job ) ; back home I produced beautifully worded advertisements for a local free paper . |