Example sentences of "to keep [noun] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was his job to keep watch through the night , but boredom and tiredness had taken over . |
| 2 | During the summer a fleet under Admiral Byng was despatched to keep watch on the Channel ports and early in September it appeared off Le Havre , where , Lord Stair had reported , some seven or eight ships had been hired under a false name and loaded with 10,000 ‘ stand of arms ’ , i.e. muskets and ammunition sufficient for that number of men . |
| 3 | Well I went to work on the Saturday morning at six and we were dredging until half past twelve , then we would , then do repairs till five o'clock at night and then five o'clock at night , when the other crew had gone home , when I start to stay there then from five o'clock Saturday night till Monday morning six o'clock all the time just to keep watch on the dredger , I used to sleep mind you during part of the time and erm used to have a big old tortoise stove down the cabin and make good fire . |
| 4 | But later she developed an allergy to feathers , and that made it very difficult for her when I wanted to keep birds in the house ! |
| 5 | It was doubtful whether Schluter could remain in control but two emotional anniversaries during the campaign helped to keep defence as the issue : April 9 was the anniversary of the German invasion and occupation of Denmark in the Second World War , and May 9 the anniversary of the Liberation . |
| 6 | Anonymity is not used to neutralize the moral responsibility respondents would otherwise have for their actions and opinions , but is our attempt to keep faith with the trust we earned . |
| 7 | He was a poor man , by the Debraces ' standards , and he might never be able to keep Madeleine in the manner to which she was accustomed , let alone do so in the foreseeable future . |
| 8 | But John Devereux raced in for two tries to keep Widnes in the game before O'Neill scampered through score the winner . |
| 9 | and I , I told him I was n't stupid enough to keep money in the house as an ex er as an ex lawyer and erm , where , er it so happened as I say that I talked to he , he did n't take any thing in fact at the end he apologise for having chosen the wrong house and he |
| 10 | Fortunately , Alan Judge was in fine form , pulling off a great save to keep Hereford in the game . |
| 11 | He wanted to keep Nikos in the background . |
| 12 | In part two : Wheels not wanted … the fight to keep drivers off the Ridgeway . |
| 13 | It is an important role of the database administrator to control attempts to keep data on the database indefinitely and to ensure that data entering the database is likely to be of use in the near future . |
| 14 | I am a Treasurer who likes to keep hold of the money , I like to receive it , I do n't like to give it out . |
| 15 | The only sensible response to this , Neil decided ruefully , was to keep hold of the cane , and continue to threaten the bully with it , and for a very short space of time they circled around one another — neither man , it soon became plain , really wishing to do more than threaten . |
| 16 | They watched together as Simon struggled to keep hold of the drum . |
| 17 | The goat suddenly trotted eagerly forward and Mrs Hollidaye had to run to keep hold of the leather strap . |
| 18 | Theda had almost to run to keep up with his long strides , and had much ado both to keep hold of the lantern and prevent the mass of the gentleman 's greatcoat from falling off her shoulders . |
| 19 | At the same time , in Scotland we are faced with an almost daily barrage of press and television images from English towns and cities — ‘ joy riding ’ , urban rioting , football violence , racist attacks , and so on — against which it is perhaps difficult to keep hold of the reality of our own towns and cities . |
| 20 | He has asked the Association of Chief police Officers to keep tabs on the proliferation of the devices . |
| 21 | THE main drawback is an inability to keep tabs on the device during operation . |
| 22 | Remember that this is the only national fundraising that we are asked to do each year and that this year HQ are allowing us to keep 20% of the cash for our branch funds … so come along the other 75% , let's find those books of tickets and get the stubs ( and the £2 ) to , |
| 23 | Before Henderson went to Russia Lloyd George himself had been toying with the idea that a Stockholm conference might help to keep Russia in the war . |
| 24 | As regards the Japanese islands , MacArthur felt it would not be practicable for the United States to keep bases after the signing of a peace treaty . |
| 25 | This aim could have been frustrated by the need to keep costs to the minimum in order to maintain the economic viability of the project , but both requirements were satisfied by confining all new openings to the roofs of the aisle and the nave . |
| 26 | To keep costs to the minimum the pond surrounds of double row bricks and crazy paving were bought as hardcore , the main filter was constructed from a £3 expansion tank and the water mill was constructed from scraps of plywood and painted with left-over household paint . |
| 27 | The vocal Bradshaw in goal encouraged his defence and on more than one occasion pulled off a save to keep Ruffians in the game . |
| 28 | He was said to have been ‘ less than firm in his dealings with Baghdad ’ and to have generally failed to provide the leadership the Kurds ' plight required , prompting the decision to send US , British and French troops to protect them instead , despite concern , particularly in the US , not to keep troops in the region longer than necessary . |
| 29 | The fundamental problem with the CAP is that , in an attempt to keep farmers on the land , the price mechanism has become so distorted that none of its objectives is now being realised , and at a high cost . |
| 30 | On the social side , the desire to keep farmers on the land should be dealt with via a direct income support or other aid measures , such as voluntary set aside , which do not distort the price mechanism , for a transition period . |