Example sentences of "still kept " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contraceptives in Britain were still kept out of sight , even male ones , and had to be purchased rather furtively , like guilty secrets . |
| 2 | On the wetland commons of western France , geese are still kept , and furnish a nice line in duvets . |
| 3 | Upwind , however , the daggerboard is still kept in the down position , though in extreme conditions it needs to be moved back a few centimetres . |
| 4 | By the end of the nineteenth century the Guernsey was described as native to Alderney , Sark and Herm as well as Guernsey and was still kept pure by restrictions on imports . |
| 5 | as if the secret was still kept |
| 6 | You were still kept on until he was found . |
| 7 | He moved a little nearer but still kept close to cover . |
| 8 | Despite some shift by farmers towards keeping hens free range or in large percheries ( which produce ‘ barn ’ eggs ) , some 90% of hens are still kept in battery cages . |
| 9 | It grew and grew , but still kept to its tunnels , some of which it enlarged as it grew . |
| 10 | They [ the Stationers ] have so pestered their printing-houses and shops with fruitless volumes that the ancient and renowned authors are almost buried among them as forgotten … so they who desire knowledge are still kept ignorant ; their ignorance increaseth their affection to vain toys ; their affection makes the stationer to increase his provision of such stuff , and at last you shall see nothing to be sold amongst us but … |
| 11 | Christians had been compelled to give up meetings for corporate worship , but still kept up small prayer meetings in houses . |
| 12 | Colchester dominated net play but Nomads still kept within a couple of points . |
| 13 | The coal 's still kept just outside the back door ? ’ |
| 14 | They were both so caught up in developments at Crystal Springs that it was sometimes hard for Christina to recall that Stephen still had a stake in a totally separate business empire in England — one that Robert seemed to be finding increasingly hard to administer in his partner 's prolonged absence , though Stephen still kept a very firm grip on English events from Barbados . |
| 15 | Notions of responsibility were still seen as of the essence , and the permanent , civil service , side of the state machine was still kept from focus . |
| 16 | He left them there for a few days , checking that the wasps still kept returning to their burrows . |
| 17 | Especially when the men still kept calling . |
| 18 | Nona still kept quiet . |
| 19 | Births , marriages , deaths — ; all the routine stuff is still kept at the local Standesamt where it was first registered , and only there . |
| 20 | But Jessamy still kept going , picking up her drawing materials and then walking out to the car . |
| 21 | Once again he was found to be innocent , but he was still kept under arrest . |
| 22 | PAY increases continued to slow in the three months to January but still kept ahead of inflation , a report shows today . |
| 23 | He 's still kept his but he 's got lived in , all the property he owns he can have the town square , there 's nothing ! |