Example sentences of "to keep [pers pn] in [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose the reason was one of policy really — they had the youngsters hooked and they wanted to keep them in that position by not rocking the boat . |
| 2 | ‘ Is that what 's supposed to keep me in this dress ? |
| 3 | My God , not if I have to kill you to keep you in this bedroom ! ’ |
| 4 | That means gravity had to pull harder on it — harder than on you — to keep it in that orbit . |
| 5 | What is , to my mind , incredible , is that he could ever have supposed that the money was being either paid by the plaintiffs or received by the defendants with the intention or on the footing that the defendants were to keep it in any event . |