Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] keep [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellis has sent us some veal and ham pie and a few half-bottles of champagne : I must keep playing on his guilt . |
| 2 | one twice a day I I I would keep going with three month prescriptions anyway , so that 'll keep you going till the end of November No not quite the end of November , but you can then see him and say look , I 've got this this is why I 'm on these for . |
| 3 | And you 'll keep thinking of extra little bits he ah there 's another bit can go in there . |
| 4 | I thought that was , that was a really good line in that cook thief his wife their lover film where he went , he said something about she 's great except she will keep popping to the John and then he went she 's got a bladder like a leaky marrow |
| 5 | You will keep failing in a society based on hierarchical power but that does n't mean you should stop trying to build a structure in which you all have the opportunity to be part of the editorial and creative process … |
| 6 | Knoydart is a delight , looking mouth-watering from the Glenfinnan tops , and you can keep gazing at it longingly as you walk west from Sgurr Thuilm , round the rim of its heroic corrie towards Sgurr nan Coireachan . |
| 7 | We should keep thinking about this … the politics of the situation can hardly be ignored as the personal is the political , especially for women in Scotland . |
| 8 | But we must keep working at it . |
| 9 | We have already closed sites which have become yesterday 's plants serving yesterday 's needs and we 'll keep looking for other areas of adjustment . |
| 10 | On recounting the tale to a journalist , the victim is asked if he thinks there will ever be an end to this cycle of violence , to which he answers , ‘ No , as long as they keep shitting in our shoes , we 'll keep pissing in their Bovril . ’ |
| 11 | We 'll keep going till the final whistle . ’ |
| 12 | We 'll put it right where we think it matters , on the training field and we 'll keep playing with the philosophy of working , training and competing . ’ |
| 13 | And the rest of the times it 's you know , it 's taking If we could keep going for |
| 14 | We do not like what was done to us and we shall keep coming to conference until we win . |
| 15 | No , it seems that the drifter will remain for the time being in the form of the original although we will keep working on it . |
| 16 | We will keep going with disobedience and anything else that is necessary to achieve our aims . ' |
| 17 | That way we can keep smiling at our customers during the rest of the year . |
| 18 | From now on , they could keep plodding behind me , dogging at my heels , convinced I have a bone to throw to them . |
| 19 | For the most part , the fast men were used in short bursts to conserve their strength and responded well to this ; but when the occasion demanded , as on the final day at Lord 's in 1963 , they could keep going for hour after hour just because the captain asked them to . |
| 20 | Well they tie so much up today , you see , where years ago they 'd keep cutting from it , you see , and people were n't so particular , they 'd take the lump as it was . |
| 21 | He told reporters that Mr Vance and Lord Owen were ‘ not throwing up their hands ’ but there was ‘ a question as to how many days they can keep going with a negotiating process which is not getting anywhere . ’ |
| 22 | This is where the prey can score , because they can keep going for much longer . |
| 23 | If you do it 'll keep moving for years and years and years no problem , but if you let the two of them sit |
| 24 | Yours would put you off , he 'd keep talking about birds and things |
| 25 | He would keep looking at the child . |
| 26 | He had no sense of humour , and he would keep harping on his seminary training instead of thrusting it into the background and making a fresh start . |
| 27 | ‘ During the interruptions in recording , he would keep saying across the desk , ‘ Keep the ball in the air , keep it going , keep it up . |
| 28 | In fact it would keep slipping off the agenda . |