Example sentences of "to keep [pron] [noun sg] [adv prt] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm supposed to keep my head down and stay out of sight . |
| 2 | Well I remember Jackie telling me , she came back from sh she came up to meet me in London one day and she came up with the woman , a German woman , who at that time was a buyer for Army and Navy er women 's fashions and this woman said that the model girls who are so thin she said they 're always bursting into tears and crying because they 're under such stress to keep their weight down and their boyfriends do n't like it because the girls are are lovely to have on their arms to take out , you know everybody sort of goggles , you know , lovely slim girl with yellow half way down her back etc. but , in fact , these girls get very , very ratty ! |
| 3 | Recriminations are unavoidable , but try to keep their volume down and turn negative complaints into positive suggestions ( 'You never help with the washing-up' can be turned into a helping rota or rewards ) . |
| 4 | Police and motoring organisations urged drivers to keep their speed down and take extra care as freezing fog gripped the country . |
| 5 | This would enable the men on the bank to keep her head up and give more time to spend on the attempts to raise her from the quagmire . |
| 6 | It was easy to obey the lieutenant 's command to keep her head down and say nothing , but her heart was thundering by the time they reached the relative safety of the airfield 's terminal building . |
| 7 | TV 's former Minder Dennis Waterman tried to keep his armour up when he joined new partner Leslie Ash yesterday . |
| 8 | The sole truth : Hibs ' Gordon Hunter tries to keep his chin up as Hearts striker Ian Baird leaps high in the Edinburgh derby at Tynecastle on Saturday |
| 9 | The sole truth : Hibs ' Gordon Hunter tries to keep his chin up as Hearts striker Ian Baird leaps high in the Edinburgh derby at Tynecastle on Saturday |
| 10 | Mother Bombie motioned him to keep his voice down but he ignored her . |
| 11 | It was just to keep his head down while I moved . ’ |
| 12 | When the guard had gone he had to keep his blindfold on while he overcame his anger and humiliation . |
| 13 | Old Dr. Mac , his predecessor , had , he knew , taken the occasional case , to keep his hand in as he would say , trotting out to a scene of crime like an old bloodhound happily sniffing after half-forgotten scents , doing the analysis himself , and finally appearing , like a resurrected Old Testament prophet in the witness-box , greeted by the judge with dry judicial compliments , and boisterously welcomed in the bar by counsel like a long-missed old reprobate drinking comrade happily restored to them . |