Example sentences of "be keep him " in BNC.

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1 At the same time , Peachcake , if worries about the future are what 's been keeping him from showing his feelings for you and he 's as much in love with you as you appear to be with him , there 's to be no hasty wedding .
2 Terry Terry we 've been keeping him waiting on the line a long time good morning Terry .
3 They 're keeping him in hospital for another few days to carry out more tests . ’
4 I wonder if they 're keeping him in the morgue , by the way ?
5 ‘ We 've got the hostage and we 're keeping him . ’
6 Some deep throbbing vibration seemed to be keeping him in the air , and his limbs ached .
7 Charles could not even see the A.S.M. who was reading his lines , though he knew the youth would be keeping him in view to watch for signs of difficulty .
8 " I 'm keeping him . "
9 But he thought he knew a thing or two about muscles , and the knowledge that it was only a couple of big muscles that were keeping him alive was not comforting .
10 But it 's not that that 's keeping him away from tomorrow 's London marathon .
11 Only she 's coughing that bad it 's keeping him awake .
12 well she got what she wanted then , whatever it is anyway , she 's keeping him virtually and they got this flat , whatever they 've got , and erm
13 According to this poem , his dread of foreclosure by his creditors is keeping him awake at night .
14 The Left would like a civilian , but if there is a candidate it is keeping him under wraps .
15 And what we could do is keep him at Saint Christopher 's if we can afford to send him privately , keep him at Saint Christopher 's for a couple of years .
16 Her objective is to keep him fit between shows , which in the Yorkshire Dales is not a problem ; the horses at Heyside Farm have to climb a substantial hill just to get from the stableyard to the road .
17 Burroughs employs an agent , whose job it is to keep him abreast of what 's happening in various fields of art and music — he 's 80 years old now and he lives a very secluded life in Kansas .
18 But what I would like to do is to keep him here , just for the next few hours .
19 David Beaton , shaking his head , said that the interest was keeping him alive , and his mind was clear .
20 The senator spoke with a sudden and incredible venom , and I realised it was only that angry force that was keeping him from weeping for his two children .
21 Somehow the glove was keeping him aware and conscious , blocking any opiates of the brain , preventing any saving reflex of a swoon .
22 So after that I would never let him out to play , but then a social worker came to complain that I was keeping him in and away from other children . "
23 She would lose Patrick soon , she suddenly thought — all that was keeping him with her now was because she kept a very tight control of the purse strings : he had no money of his own .
24 It never was when she invited him to meet her at the flat ; she was keeping him and Stock out of each other 's way .
25 Only his raging insanity was keeping him going .
26 All she could do was keep him at arm 's length — and pray for the strength to keep on doing it till they were released from their snowy prison .
27 In fact , both Stirling 's legs were temporarily paralysed and he suffered quite a severe back injury which was to keep him immobilized for the best part of two months .
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