Example sentences of "keep [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But if we keep them for the next ten years they 're a a real bargain , if , if , if
2 Herbs too are a practical addition so keep them near the back door , perhaps framed with a fragrant low hedge of lavender or santolina .
3 The pinder , whose job it was to round up stray animals and keep them in the pinfold , to be released on payment of a fine , was also known as the axeman .
4 Keep them in the same bits wo n't you ?
5 Those too young for sailing still enjoy pottering around the beach and paddling around on old windsurfers , though a parent should stay to look after them and keep them from the nearby road .
6 So long as you ke keep me on the straight and narrow at the same time really .
7 Treat ye me well , and keep ye in the same state :
8 The shapely brunette , whose job was to help Davies kick his heroin and cocaine addiction and keep him on the straight and narrow , was turned on by their wild romps .
9 ‘ I keep her under the white rock .
10 Let's see keep , keep it on the same line if you can .
11 Legal advisers suggest that anyone wishing a piece of jewellery or other valuable to go to a particular person , should list such unofficial bequests on a piece of paper and keep it with the official will .
12 For though you and your ancestors got your property by murder and theft , and you keep it by the same power from us that have an equal right to the land with you by the righteous law of creation , yet we shall have no occasion of quarrelling …
13 I want to say that , given the political constraints , and the constraints of past practice which keep us within the old mould , it is a better-balanced mould than what preceded it .
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