Example sentences of "to keep [pers pn] in good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Dull for the telephone men , I 'm afraid , " I said , " but try to keep them in good heart . |
| 2 | So they can be the deciding factor in what your programme 's going to be , so it pays to keep them in good trim . |
| 3 | Set against these points is the maintenance problem ; softwood doors need regular decoration to keep rot at bay , and even hardwoods require regular treatment with preservative and stain to keep them in good condition . |
| 4 | However , it was a year of drought , and at the stud all the mares were given daily feeds of oats and hay to keep them in good condition ; but Minyip , due to long habit , refused to eat anything but the poorest hay . |
| 5 | Soak your nails in warm olive oil once a week to keep them in good condition . |
| 6 | She got up early to muck him out and groom him and exercise him , and she babysat nearly every evening to keep him in good oats ( not Uncle Knacker 's ) and shoes , and when she saw the riders she was up against in the collecting ring , with their adoring parents and their fat cheque-books , it just made her all the more determined to beat them , because determination was all she had . |
| 7 | The horseman was very particular about his harness and was as much concerned as the farmer to keep it in good order , making frequent visits to the saddler or harness-maker who had his shop in most of the larger villages . |
| 8 | Nutrition is the process by which the body acquires all the foodstuffs it needs to keep it in good working order and converts them into energy , new body tissue and those substances necessary to keep all the body processes ( metabolism ) going . |
| 9 | Not only do we need to strengthen up the entire body to keep it in good working order but there are certain areas that need extra exercise to give the area more definition ; areas that accumulate unwanted flab . |
| 10 | It is generally best to leave maintenance and repairs of central heating boilers to an expert service engineer , and to have your system serviced at least annually to keep it in good condition . |
| 11 | Indeed , the College told the Court of the University of London in June 1991 that it would not be adding significantly to its accumulated deficit of £1.2 million in 1991–92 , that student numbers were increasing ‘ comfortably ’ and that surpluses should follow in 1993–94 and 1994–95 and that the main building needed only £5 million until the year 2000 to keep it in good repair . |
| 12 | The basic structure ( roof , walls , floors , loft , doors and windows ) needs constant attention to keep it in good repair ; and essential household services ( electrics , plumbing , heating and drains ) need regular servicing in the same way as your car . |
| 13 | I wrote and said that a lot of members our pension , we could n't afford it , and that we owned our own hall so therefore we had a lot of cost to keep it in good repair and why was it nine pound . |