Example sentences of "[vb past] to be kept [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each side had to be kept reasonably satisfied . |
| 2 | But as America and Germany were still at peace , and the leasing of the pilots was a clear breach of the US Neutrality Act which Hitler , had he come to know of it , might have used as an excuse for sinking American ships , the news had to be kept strictly secret . |
| 3 | Milk vans had to be kept scrupulously clean , and were 50ft long , 8ft wide , and 7ft 10in high in the centre , carried on two standard four-wheeled bogies . |
| 4 | I remember cold days , when both back and front doors had to be kept wide open to cause a through-draught , or clear a smoke-filled room . |
| 5 | As these commodities had to be kept perfectly dry at all times the barges used were of the soundest construction and were always well maintained . |