Example sentences of "[adj] for keep [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | hot water bottles are useful for keeping you warm at any time of the day or night . |
| 2 | An electric blanket is also useful for keeping you warm at night |
| 3 | Hot water bottles are useful for keeping you warm at any time of the day or night . |
| 4 | An electric blanket is also useful for keeping you warm at night , but remember that for reasons of safety nearly all electric blankets ( with the exception of some modern overblankets ) need to be switched off before you go to bed . |
| 5 | ‘ My reasons for so soon destroying my drawings were these ; though I dare say that they do n't appear so rational to any one but myself : I was obliged to limit the work — in order to get more subscribers — & to erase the drawings — because the expense is considerable for keeping them on , & I have pretty great difficulty in paying my monthly charges , — for to pay colourer & printer monthly I am obstinately pre-possessed — since I had rather be at the bottom of the River Thames — than be one week in debt — be it never so small . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm supposedly responsible for keeping him away . ’ |
| 7 | In 1868 and 1879 the two ‘ Torrens Acts ’ made the owner of a house responsible for keeping it in a habitable condition , and gave powers of compulsion to the local authority . |
| 8 | Now the old-fashioned , strong hessian is wonderful for keeping you warm and dry and John always sported three sacks — one round his waist , another over his shoulders , and the third with the corner pushed in for a hood over his head . |