Example sentences of "to keep [pron] in [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They still do , but I 've learnt now to keep them in my lap so that the sweat coming off the hands soaks into the trousers . |
| 2 | I 'm paid to keep you in your place . |
| 3 | " You , " said Grace , mock-severely ( her heart was fluttering quite uncomfortably and she could feel a most immature desire to blush and simper rising within her ) , " are a naughty boy , and I shall have to keep you in your place , I can see that . " |
| 4 | Frankie went reluctantly , straining his neck in order to keep her in his sight . |
| 5 | To keep it in its place so all the engineers knows what they 're doing . |
| 6 | so it 's to keep it in your mind , erm . |
| 7 | Again , he bowed his head to the child , and when she 'd run off , he tapped again on the wall , and when the boy from the cafe appeared , he handed him the bird and asked him to keep it in his cellar for coolness until he returned from Riba on the train that evening , after he had collected the rent . |