Example sentences of "kept [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I 've kept my bra off , ’ said Lucy . |
| 2 | The one piece upper has kept my feet dry even when walking through peat bogs . |
| 3 | I should have kept my mouth shut because he manoeuvred his machine until it was touching my midriff . |
| 4 | I would have kept my presence of mind if the mouse , disturbed by all the commotion , had n't actually jumped into my welly . |
| 5 | I have kept my opinions to a minimum but I could not resist making observations . |
| 6 | As I blundered on in my explanation I realised he had forgotten all about it and if I had kept my mouth shut the problem need never have arisen . |
| 7 | I must have kept my end up successfully , though , for just before he left Dennis sought me out and invited me to dinner the following Friday . |
| 8 | I should have kept my silence , for the only purpose my words served was to demonstrate my disbelief in Billingsley 's outrageous explanation . |
| 9 | I had not kept my old key , because I had hoped that my association with Cutwater Charters was done , so I was forced to carry my heavy pack into the tangle of dark alleys that lay behind the straw market and where I planned to find Ellen and borrow her key . |
| 10 | I paid every attention to her during a long sickness and , a short time before her death , she requested that I should make a mummy of her body , and keep her beside me — I have kept my word . ’ |
| 11 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |
| 12 | I had kept my side of the bargain , my teetotaller 's pledge . |
| 13 | Over the years I have kept my distance from the white women 's movement . |
| 14 | ‘ I just wish I 'd kept my flies fastened that day , ’ he said . |
| 15 | And I 've kept my British one . |
| 16 | Being another only child , and as my father 's job had kept my parents in Singapore for the last two years , I now spent most of my holidays with my aunt and cousin , timing them to come in Dickie 's school holidays . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've kept my health . |
| 18 | With hindsight , she says : ‘ I wished I 'd kept my mouth shut in the first three weeks . |
| 19 | Through all my sentences , and if you add them together , I 've done twenty-one , twenty-two months in all , there 's never been one day when I 've kept my mouth shut , without an argument or something . |
| 20 | If I had kept my wits and remained coherent I would probably have realised the manager 's job was third prize . |
| 21 | ‘ Should 've kept my gloves on , what ? ’ |
| 22 | I have kept my half of the bargain , though I never guessed how costly it would be for me . |
| 23 | It has n't always been easy but I 've always kept my self-respect , and I have n't let anybody take that away . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't know how I 've kept my hands off you , ’ he murmured , as his lips found the tender skin below her ear . |
| 25 | I 'd kept my involvement with FAKOUM and FAKINTIL and in particular my personal association with Osvaldo and Martinho to myself , but he smelled a rat . |
| 26 | I should have kept my temper , she thought frantically ; I should never have tried to push him into the stream in the first place . |
| 27 | ‘ And I do it so that people know I 've been around and I 've kept my eyes open . ’ |
| 28 | I 've kept my side of the bargain and I expect you to keep yours . ’ |
| 29 | I should have kept my happy memories . |
| 30 | I have had a Chinese hair-cut which makes me look slightly less like a fierce western barbarian to Chinese eyes , but I have kept my beard . |