Example sentences of "to keep [adv] [pron] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does not smoke , eats frugally to keep down his weight and trains six days each week . |
| 2 | By encouraging them to keep up their medication and allowing them to talk through their problems sufferers learn to cope with their illness . |
| 3 | The NRA is pumping groundwater into the River Itchen in Hampshire to keep up its flow and is trying to save three streams , the Tong , the Little Stour and the Dour from going dry this summer . |
| 4 | Having said she would never teach she found it the only way to keep up her Mathematics and bring up a family , so via an evening Technical College Lectureship she slipped into school teaching and has enjoyed it ! |
| 5 | They wheeled the magic machine over by her bed and though she willed herself to keep up her pose and reject their plain black box , the astral song of meanings drew Chesarynth 's finger to the socket . |
| 6 | Every slimming club leader knows that it is the member who registers a good weight loss at her weekly weigh-in who is most likely to keep up her dieting and return to the club next week , while the member who records a disappointingly low weight loss is the most likely to drop out . |
| 7 | There was a satellite dish out in the grounds , and she was keen to keep up her French and Spanish as they had improved no end since she had begun working in Peter 's cosmopolitan little shop at the resort . |
| 8 | We do n't need all that much from each club to keep us afloat but if we do n't get your help , I am very concerned that in the present recession we shall not be able to keep up our work and in conclusion Your Royal Highness perhaps I could just say that the Seamanship Foundation is very grateful to the R Y A , to the Treasurer , Chris and particularly to the Senior Managers who have done everything they can to help the foundation , thank you . |