Example sentences of "to keep [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had to keep them heading out to sea as long as possible , so that we could fully clear it on our return tack . |
| 2 | After fifteen minutes on the Metro to Nevski Prospect I was met by a teeming downpour , heavy enough to keep me holed up under cover until ten minutes before the performance was due to start , and with the hall some hundreds of yards away along a back-street . |
| 3 | ‘ Henry should know better than to keep you cooped up with his books . |
| 4 | As their celebrations continue more facts emerge with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing up to the final curtain . |
| 5 | She 'll need to keep her end up on a luxury cruise . ’ |
| 6 | His idea , she realised , was that if he saw to it that she had enough work to keep her occupied both at work and at home , there would be little time left over , if she wanted to keep on top of her job , for any social life with Travis . |
| 7 | The only way to ensure that the unwanted behaviour does not reappear is to keep it dampened down by more punishments . |
| 8 | We used the flour because the flour would go bad then we we had to supply that the commissioners put it in originally but we had to keep it going out of our seven and a tanner . |
| 9 | Place cloches over parsley to keep it growing strongly into autumn . |