Example sentences of "[vb past] to keep [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liz replaced the receiver and tried to keep calm , but she could feel panic , fever , tears approaching . |
| 2 | As they were examined in the special admission ward Doctor and our Medical Superintendent tried to keep families together . |
| 3 | Long-term arrears continued to rise as societies tried to keep families in their homes . |
| 4 | Samuel Pipkin tried to keep excitement from his voice ; in truth he was as shocked as any of them at the reality of what in his mind he had longed for . |
| 5 | May We tried to keep things tranquillo , as they say in Sheffield . |
| 6 | Of course we tried to keep things going — after all , we knew , vaguely , how much we needed that place , needed our evenings there together , but after seven months of enthusiasm and mismanagement The Bar closed . |
| 7 | But whereas Chinese railways became a prey to concession seekers , railway builders , and engineers from Britain , France , Belgium , Germany , Russia , Japan , and the United States , even Portugal , Austria , and Italy , the Japanese tried to keep railway-building , after an initial concessionary period , firmly in their own hands . |
| 8 | The harried men tried to keep order but finally gave up and let us take over . |
| 9 | I tried to keep despair at bay , telling myself that some sort of mistake had been made . |
| 10 | George Graham was amazed , too , after seeing another high-octane Arsenal performance lack only the finishing touch against a weakened Coventry side who manfully tried to keep pace with the champions . |
| 11 | She says she tried to keep changes to a minimum — no more than ten words in any one book — and retained words like Boche because they are not as inflammatory as nigger . |
| 12 | I was always afraid that Hindley would hurt his small son , either by accident or on purpose , when he was drunk , so I tried to keep Hareton out of the way . |
| 13 | Except for a few people in each country who tried to keep protest alive , everyone else shares responsibility . |
| 14 | While the organisers tried to keep track of all those who attended the conference , many people came and went after the initial registration period . |
| 15 | We tried to keep track of the number of taps and translate them into words . |
| 16 | Anna Essinger tried to keep discipline by appointing group leaders , but responsibility did not rest easily on youngsters who were preoccupied by their own future , or apparent lack of it . |
| 17 | Publicity shy Anne , who tried to keep details of her wedding secret , set out with black gloves to hide the sparkler . |
| 18 | Whenever trade was slack , employers tried to keep stab men fully employed at the expense of linesmen . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | What perhaps helped to keep things relatively orderly and even solemn was the custom of offering prayers at the beginning of the meeting . |
| 21 | One said that devotions helped to keep things in perspective and one asked whether Christ and his commission came first ? ! |
| 22 | All eight were rescued unharmed on Tuesday morning after an operation in which Mr Friend 's experience as rescue team captain helped to keep morale high . |
| 23 | He helped to keep atomism from being prominent in French syllabuses ; but in Britain , atomic theory and the models with balls and wires which expressed it ( then called ‘ glyptic formulae ’ ) became an important part of elementary science , whatever the doubts of the eminent . |
| 24 | The ‘ synod ’ or , in Latin , ‘ council ’ ( the modern distinction making a synod something less than a council was unknown in antiquity ) became an indispensable way of keeping a common mind , and helped to keep maverick individuals from centrifugal tendencies . |
| 25 | The use of easily-obtained European woods helped to keep costs down and contributed to an individual and unique tone . |
| 26 | High and assured social status helped to keep diplomats , especially high-ranking ones , as in the past distinctly cosmopolitan in outlook . |
| 27 | Gay clergy helped to keep congregations alive in areas where class snobbery and racism had alienated much of the population from the Church of England , and where many other ministers refused to work . |
| 28 | She pretended to keep appointments and went to the wine shop instead . |
| 29 | Freshwater Tank Clarifier — claimed to keep microalgae from adhering to your plants , gravel , glass etc |
| 30 | Workhouse visiting committees composed of middle class ladies tried to place unmarried mothers as domestic servants and increasingly strove to keep mother and child together , but , as Mrs Hardie of the Manchester Ladies ' Health Society commented , their task was difficult : a mistress usually feared the presence of a young woman of immoral character in her family . |