Example sentences of "they keep their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let them keep their children instead of the children keeping them ! ’ |
| 2 | It helped them keep their end up in battle , too , claim historians . |
| 3 | And Saints hope the Bulldogs will let them keep their prize guy until late February so that he 'll be available for the second and third rounds of the Challenge Cup . |
| 4 | How much better it would be to let them keep their existing SNA networks and pass other traffic across them . |
| 5 | They would not object to such a tight fit , in fact it would help them keep their restless horses under control , but once they had set spurs and the horses bolted , murder occurred . ’ |
| 6 | That , at least , could have the attraction of allowing them to keep their baby . |
| 7 | However , clinical and research experience has convinced us that if therapists maintain a problem-orientated approach as central to their work this enables them to keep their interventions focused on the most important issues for each patient . |
| 8 | Success makes it hard for them to keep their heads straight . ’ |
| 9 | Many elderly people become so deeply attached to their animals , however , that when they lose them they go through a very real and depressing bereavement experience ; so every effort should be made to help them to keep their animals properly fed , groomed and exercised when they begin to find this difficult to cope with themselves . |
| 10 | So , you can certainly get successful results from pressing wild flowers , but do n't expect them to keep their colours as well as their cultivated counterparts . |
| 11 | After all , in view of the calibre of candidates they approach , they should be able to expect them to keep their confidence if asked . |
| 12 | The clergy will view a positive outcome as a signal of good will , encouraging them to keep their buildings open . |
| 13 | Ca n't they tell them to keep their stupid heads down ? |
| 14 | Their massive landownership , the Lactifundio system , and the army 's role in politics enabled them to keep their power over a majority ( 70% of the Spanish population ) . |
| 15 | We have raised more than the amount stipulated , and we plead with them to keep their side of the bargain . |
| 16 | After the incident Ninham , of Hilda Street , gave both boys £5 and told them to keep their mouths shut . |
| 17 | Nick Skelton and John Whitaker ‘ performed ’ as the male strippers Chippendales — but for once more people wanted them to keep their clothes on than take them off ! ! |
| 18 | We usually pick , most of them keep their religion to themselves do n't they for me I would n't know . |
| 19 | The rest of them kept their eyes fastened on the duke , waiting to see what lay behind his summons . |
| 20 | Is that every le , I 'm not talking about homework , I 'm talking about every lesson that you have as science where do they keep their books ? |
| 21 | Do they keep their cool ? |
| 22 | I do n't want another generation of females to grow up thinking that if they keeps their heads down , do n't make waves and wear the uniform — if , in fact , they are good girls — then the boys might let them join their games . |
| 23 | Managers have two good motives to avoid a deal with creditors for as long as they can : they keep their jobs longer , and they work for shareholders , who do not want a deal either . |
| 24 | Mound plants , if they keep their shape all year , make the planting more appealing . |
| 25 | They were persuaded to do so by friends in aid of a ‘ good cause ’ , although they keep their 17th-century house firmly locked with curtains drawn . |
| 26 | But they keep their stomata firmly shut by day . |
| 27 | It is the way they keep their finger on the pulse and keep in touch with their audience . |
| 28 | Instead , they keep their fingers crossed and spend the money on hardware to enhance performance . |
| 29 | We know it will end in tears , but Peter O'Toole and Tara Fitzgerald simply sizzle while they keep their faltering affair alive in OUR SONG ( Apollo Theatre ) , Keith Waterhouse 's searing study of forbidden modern romance . |
| 30 | They keep their distance ; the smell of the poor 's enough for them . |