Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] kept [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he 'd been kept in secure accommodation 3 times in his life , he was now in a stable relationship with a new foster mother . |
| 2 | Investigations into the activities of this particular gang had been carried out over a very long period and they had been kept under constant surveillance by our officers who were thus able to feed us all the necessary information towards a successful interception . |
| 3 | ‘ The builder had either spent three weeks cleaning it or had been kept in pristine condition , ’ says Darren . |
| 4 | ‘ We had very little work to do to it because it had been kept in great condition throughout its time as a lifeboat on the Isles of Scilly , ’ he explained . |
| 5 | Bahamas has arrived from Keighley the previous day , travelling in tandem with ‘ Princess Margaret Rose ’ from Blackburn and had been kept in light steam . |
| 6 | However , he reflected that it was now twenty years since he had been ejected from the church on ‘ Black Bartholomew 's Day ’ , and during all that time , by God 's mercy , he , and many others had been kept in relative ‘ peace ’ and freedom to serve the Lord , despite all the efforts of the Church and State to silence them . |