Example sentences of "to keep [art] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll try to keep the DK on a leash . ’ |
| 2 | The Parish Council may be able to keep the pair on … at a reduced rate … |
| 3 | She managed to keep the smile on her face . |
| 4 | Great lay and ecclesiastical magnates , important officers of the king 's court and household , busy judges , women of high rank — all appointed deputy wardens to keep the forests on their behalf . |
| 5 | The main secret of the latch tool cast off technique is to keep the latch on the tool open , with the stitch ( that you have just cast off ) held firmly in place behind the latch under your thumb until you have retrieved the next stitch on to the hook . |
| 6 | In a valiant effort to keep the station on air , Gaston said they had to cut overheads , increase the audience , find £120,000 to pay off creditors and convince the bank that , as he put it , ‘ the dead duck could fly ’ . |
| 7 | While he may fell constrained electorally and by the highly effective brewers ' lobby to keep the increase on drink to the rate of inflation , nobody will worry too much if the duty of cigarettes is increased , as widely predicted , by double the inflation rate . |
| 8 | It was tough to keep the ball on the fairways . |
| 9 | His reserve trundlers — usually in the mediocre medium-pace category and fully aware of the aggressive intentions of the batsmen — try to keep the ball on a full length and in ‘ the channel ’ which lies approximately in a straight line between the stumps . |
| 10 | Leeds were annoying me at their sudden inability to keep the ball on the pitch , either kicking it off , or playing stupid passes up front ( down the middle ) straight to their keeper/defenders . |
| 11 | We would like to keep the ball alive , we like to keep the ball on the park and erm looking from there , we will be harrying , chasing ; we think we 've got a very good set of backs . |
| 12 | Provided the approach path was correct beforehand , the adverse yaw as the aileron is applied swings the nose off to just about the right point to keep the glider on the correct path . |
| 13 | And afterwards he said if I 'd do it now and again just to keep the others on their toes , he 'd make up my wages . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But I would prefer the British scene to keep the accent on the wrestling — a combination of the American flair for the hype and the traditional good British wrestling moves . ’ |
| 15 | According to the Sunday Times , Birt , the present deputy director general , is thought to be planning to shed a staggering 8,000 jobs in a bid to keep the Beeb on target as a going concern . |
| 16 | Finlay to keep the drive on |
| 17 | The local transport authority simply could n't get spare parts from the British to keep the buses on the roads . |
| 18 | ( c ) To keep the Minister on his toes , to ensure he is au fait with the activities of his Department . |
| 19 | It could be said that the We/ Us/Our form is rather a mode of self-description when the poet wishes to present his beloved and himself to the world ( as shown by Donne in the Songs and Sonnets ) , and that Shakespeare prefers to keep the relationship on an interpersonal level . |
| 20 | POLICE called to keep the peace on a Teesside estate days after Tyneside 's Meadow Well riots were pelted with bricks and stones , a court heard yesterday . |
| 21 | Fight as they did to keep the canoe on course they were driven westward of Castiglione ( near Sidi Ferruch ) when they should have been east of this port . |
| 22 | Until today it had been thought that some staff would stay on to keep the base on standby . |
| 23 | There must be no provision for the entity to keep the asset on repayment of the finance , or to reacquire it at any time . |
| 24 | And then you you used to have a blow lamp to heat it up and after that you you erm put it on half compression and you were turning one of the big flywheels round until it it started and you had to keep the blowlamp on it . |
| 25 | Arsenal , having won the Cup and two Championships in four years , could not go on for much longer with the same team , and in 1933 Chapman 's major concern was to find replacements to keep the club on top . |
| 26 | The society pledges to keep the rate on the new bond at least 4 per cent net above its Ordinary Share rate for 2 years . |
| 27 | The Chieftains needed to win following Guildford 's midweek victory at Streatham and the ruthlessness of their display is sure to keep the pressure on the Flames until the very end . |
| 28 | ‘ We have to keep the pressure on Spain and Denmark . |
| 29 | All this will combine to keep the lid on prices . |
| 30 | The government in 1989 had to appoint a special transport minister for Docklands ( Mr Portillo ) to keep the lid on the widespread anger of developers about the lack of transport to Docklands . |