Example sentences of "kept [v-ing] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I kept imagining him talking and laughing and thinking what his last thoughts would have been as he travelled along that road . ’ |
| 2 | First time , but I kept when I kept going I kept slipping . |
| 3 | Out of the corner of my eye I noticed how the prioress kept sending him frowning glances at being ignored , interspersed with coy smiles in an attempt to provoke him into some loving conspiracy about the events of the previous night . |
| 4 | Some adolescents seemed concerned about a lack of knowledge or deficiency in Creole on their own part : For my English oral , last year , I had to read a Patois poem , so I aksed my mum to read it for me , and that 's how I got to , you know , sort of pick it up just for that poem … kept letting her read it over and over again till I get the sound . |
| 5 | Their mother ( i.e. Surjeet 's mother-in-law ) kept asking me to wear it over my head . |
| 6 | Jim Rosenthal of ITV kept asking me to give my side of the story and in the end I did , appreciating the opportunity to put the record straight . |
| 7 | ‘ Michael was in a play in London and he came in and kept asking me to play Donovan 's Catch the Wind , ’ recalled Gabrielle . |
| 8 | He kept asking her to ring whenever she was in London — she lived in Brighton — so that they could get together . |
| 9 | He kept asking her to get to the point as he was in a meeting , while she was waiting for him to get to the point , since , as far as she was aware , he 'd made the call to her in the first place . |
| 10 | and they kept asking us to print more . |
| 11 | and then she kept saying they owed her some money you know |
| 12 | ‘ They kept saying they thought it was a fine script , and I kept saying it was n't . |
| 13 | To Clair George ( who had been involved in managing the contra operation before the congressional restrictions , and was keeping well clear of it ) , ‘ he kept saying I have got to get out of this thing , I have got to get out of this thing . |
| 14 | She kept saying I look like Adrianna . |
| 15 | But I kept hearing him like scrape it during the concert . |
| 16 | Joyce used to take Luke , but people kept stopping her to admire him and generally go gooey over what a beautiful specimen he was — or should I say ‘ is ’ . |
| 17 | Willie climbed up the ladder but the enormous socks kept making him slip . |
| 18 | Then they kept making us promises that they had no intention of keeping . |
| 19 | I kept telling her to take it off |
| 20 | At school the masters kept telling me to wipe it off my face . |
| 21 | The road was wet and I kept telling him to go slower . ’ |
| 22 | He kept telling him to go back to being a serious actor . |
| 23 | When they kept telling us profit wise , we were well to the top |