Example sentences of "keep me " in BNC.
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| 31 | So unless you 've got ways of keeping me here you have n't revealed yet , I 'm off . ’ |
| 32 | still keeping me out of mischief . |
| 33 | Still keeping me out of mischief . |
| 34 | But when I do n't sleep , it 's not my conscience that 's keeping me awake . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ And you 're going to be in a lot of trouble when I tell the police you 're keeping me in this car by force . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ Just so that you 'd have a good excuse for keeping me a prisoner here ? ’ |
| 37 | She laughed and continued , ‘ Piers has been keeping me entertained while I waited for you . |
| 38 | How long do you propose keeping me chained to my desk ? ’ |
| 39 | Then he turned to me , apologising for keeping me waiting , and showed me in to his office . |
| 40 | I could see no reason for keeping me alive . |
| 41 | I just want to say a big THANK YOU to the organisers and correspondents for keeping me up to date with the progress of THE WHITES this season . |
| 42 | Keeping me sweet . |
| 43 | It 's keeping me busy . ’ |
| 44 | ‘ You … you 're not thinking of keeping me here ? ’ |
| 45 | I do n't see the point of all this , keeping me here this way . ’ |
| 46 | Here we are , two ex-lovers , talking about another pair of ex-lovers , and what the hell has it to do with us and what the hell do you hope to gain by keeping me here ? |
| 47 | ‘ You think by keeping me here you can drive me wild with need . ’ |
| 48 | ‘ You are doing something — you 're keeping me company . ’ |
| 49 | I want you safely upstairs in bed , not free to wander about down here , keeping me awake . ’ |
| 50 | They had trouble keeping me and Eric quiet . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ I do n't have a lot of money when I come home and my parents , who are both on income support , are basically keeping me during holidays . ’ |
| 52 | I got your first letter to Nanking on Saturday , and had plenty of letters at Sian — I 'm not sure that I got them all , in particular I got a letter from Tom sent on March 23 , but I 'm not sure whether that 's the one you referred to , anyway I 'm grateful to you all for keeping me in touch . |
| 53 | So he is not particularly after a physical relationship , but someone who loves and cares for him alone , Miranda , however , thinks his reason is that ‘ his pleasure is keeping me prisoner . |
| 54 | keeping me awake . |
| 55 | and when she went over she says er school being off , she heard er David saying something about well nobody 's keeping me from my ironing . |
| 56 | Is she keeping me ? |
| 57 | ‘ It 'll keep me out of the pub , dear , ’ said Jay . |
| 58 | ‘ You ca n't keep me hangin' on / Now the magic 's gone ’ . |
| 59 | But if Eliot in the poem has adopted the personality of a fertility god , this god is a peculiarly Prufrockian one in the sense that for all ‘ The constant flame shall keep me warm , ’ he remains not simply a minor divinity , neither being nor meant to be Prince Hamlet , but also , for all the lovers ' attentions , an impotent ghost , ‘ A bloodless shade among the shades/ Doing no good , but not much harm ’ . |
| 60 | Although I know that the amount of exercise I do will keep me fit , these days I feel guilty about doing ‘ so little ’ exercise . |