Example sentences of "['s] [noun] to keep [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as Elisha could answer the widow 's need because he had been in touch with his Lord , so the Holy Spirit is God 's agent to keep us in touch with Him , and to make us pure . |
| 2 | At 2200 the casualty refloated herself under her own power , but as the rudder was jammed the lifeboat came in again to secure a towline from the casualty 's bow to keep her off the sand . |
| 3 | I took Margaret 's place to keep him occupied . |
| 4 | ‘ You poor thing ! ’ exclaimed Deborah , and put her arm about the lamb 's body to keep it still and protect it from further damage . |
| 5 | And they 'd need to hold a gun to Piggott 's head to keep him in hospital a day — no an hour — longer than strictly necessary . |
| 6 | But with the Dalai Lama , who fled to India in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule , now honoured with a Nobel Peace Prize not merely for his religious work but for ‘ his struggle for the liberation of Tibet ’ , China 's efforts to keep him and his cause in quarantine will be all the more difficult . |
| 7 | John likes to keep the horses separate so that they do n't kick each other , but Hopscotch often jumps into Milton 's paddock to keep him company ; and sometimes if the weather is bad , one of the children 's ponies is turned out with him , otherwise Milton , who is a bit of a softy , will hang around by the gate in the hope that someone will take pity on him and take him back to his warm stable . |
| 8 | Choose a container to match your tree 's size to keep it stable . |
| 9 | Charles of France might shrink from fomenting a direct war , but he would be glad to use every oblique weapon against the upstart king who had deposed his son-in-law , and sent his little widowed daughter back in clumsy state , but without her dowry , which had been fed of necessity into King Henry 's treasury to keep it solvent during his first year of kingship . |
| 10 | Apparently Chéron hid Modi 's clothes to keep him in , for Brancusi claimed to have rescued the stranded painter by buying him a jersey and a pair of trousers so that he could go out into the street . |
| 11 | The couple were determined their honeymoon should be too , despite equal determination on behalf of the world 's press to keep them company . |
| 12 | Admittedly , some may have totally unrealistic expectations of the NHS 's power to keep them fit . |
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