Example sentences of "[vb infin] kept me " in BNC.
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| 1 | After he told them about this , they sent one letter from Siam covered with stamps : ‘ Those would have kept me in The Autocar for ever , but I could n't bear to part with the envelope . ’ |
| 2 | A desperate mix of pride and masochism would have kept me wallowing around until dark , but I was forcefully persuaded to call it a day . |
| 3 | ‘ Wild horses would n't have kept me away , my dear Angharad . ’ |
| 4 | A tank unit would n't have kept me away . |
| 5 | ‘ If I had known you were ill , nothing on this earth would have kept me away . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I can not even grieve over this child , for it would have kept me here . |
| 7 | He 'd have kept me there longer than that . |