Example sentences of "they have [adv] keep " in BNC.

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1 They are a good bunch of lads and there 's a lot of confidence from that 4-2 opening day win at Arsenal and they 've just kept it going . ’
2 But of course Stephen knows him much better , he was at college with him , and they 've always kept in touch , in a fairly loose sort of way .
3 The action taken by his parents has prompted detectives to review the case , but they say they 've always kept an open mind .
4 M : it is — it is quite good they 've certainly kept within the + em + + preserved it reasonably well or conserved it but we were up in Aberdeen this year for a holiday and we were staying right within the University complex there in Old Aberdeen+ and + oh some of the buildings there are beautiful really they really are nice + but er I was quite impressed with it — it 's the first holiday we 've had up there +
5 And there was always hope that the Westward family would see her one day as an elegant lady and be sorry they had n't kept in touch with the child who was after all their own flesh and blood .
6 However , when they had used HP , they had often got into trouble over it , usually because they had n't kept up the payments .
7 If they had just kept the stuff they removed , it would have saved us six months of work . ’
8 Something she said , perhaps Matey 's name , the lack of privacy for the two of them in the small house , although they had both kept their voices low , stopped him .
9 He 'd suspected them of having an affair for a while , but they had both kept their tracks well covered .
10 But they had always kept in touch , by letter and occasionally by telephone , though recently Caro 's calls had come either from work or from a public kiosk .
11 The problem with Gore-Tex jackets in the past has been quite simple — they have n't kept the water out .
12 Practically all these early recordings suffer from distortion and overloading of the voice , something not readily apparent on the original 78s and something Decca should surely have been able to correct even , if as I believe , they have n't kept the original masters ( shame on them ! )
13 I mean why why why do you think there is n't more Channel four , I know , ran some women 's football er recently but th th , they have n't kept it up very regularly but wh why why is that ?
14 They often get lost because they have not kept the airfield in sight and within easy gliding range .
15 Simply knowing that two people are linked in a particular genealogical relationship does not necessarily predict that they will acknowledge any responsibilities towards each other , not even whether they have actually kept in contact at a minimal level .
16 Those people are victims , too , but they have certainly kept us together . ’
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