Example sentences of "keep [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have been at that time that his habit of keeping notes on his travels began . |
| 2 | There are subsidies for keeping sheep on farms where there is poor grazing in the hills . |
| 3 | Instead of keeping watch on the street , he was giving directions to a young woman tourist . |
| 4 | Well , if he was out there hammering.the cliffs to bits , he would be back keeping watch on the house tonight , and tomorrow would be time enough , surely , to see him and warn him ? |
| 5 | She had thought she had been keeping watch on the creeping grey-streaked matter , but it had moved suddenly , the embryonic fingers clutching the ground , pulling the oozing , mucousy river forward until it was bubbling over her feet . |
| 6 | Placing the right leg forward , the student leans back over his left leg and drops his hands to the floor , while keeping watch on his opponent over the right shoulder . |
| 7 | ‘ Yet you must have been keeping watch on the house — why ? ’ |
| 8 | Our orders were to keep a low profile while keeping watch on the yacht which we did for about twenty four hours . |
| 9 | In the alley itself , Detective Gary Lomax had been keeping watch on the towering fire escape . |
| 10 | And a bird 's eye view … keeping watch on the Falcon chick . |
| 11 | But he insisted there would be ‘ considerable ’ monitoring of other aspects of community care including assessments , where the DoH will be keeping watch on eligibility criteria for services . |
| 12 | Only two little kids who was up in , well keeping watch on the outside , there were two in the house and two at the back , driving a bloody car at that age |
| 13 | I think that is wrong ; it should be necessary for someone to have a licence in order to keep animals , including keeping animals on farms . |
| 14 | PETER SHILTON gave his able deputy Ray Newland a vote of thanks last night for keeping Plymouth on the Cup trail after his most taxing week in management . |
| 15 | Given the difficulties of keeping tabs on faraway players , it comes as no surprise to learn that Bilardo has appealed to one of the key figures of his 1986 World Cup team , the 34-year-old Jorge Valdano , to end his two-year retirement . |
| 16 | Given the difficulties of keeping tabs on such faraway players , it comes as no surprise to learn that Bilardo has appealed to one of the key figures of his 1986 World Cup team , the 34-year-old Jorge Valdano , to come out of his two-year retirement . |
| 17 | It 's just a method of keeping tabs on where you are and how you 're doing . |
| 18 | As a Daily Telegraph labour correspondent then , I recall starting each day with a work schedule that sometimes involved keeping tabs on a dozen running disputes , from claim ( it was usually over pay ) through the gritty ritual of offer , rejection , negotiation , walk-out , stand-off , vilification , arbitration , mass meeting and settlement . |
| 19 | It was a strong and diverse movement which originally had its roots in the hippie communes and the pop lyrics of the earlier Sixties , but had , by the end of the decade , encompassed so many political and social causes — particularly in America — that governments had a full-time spy network , through the likes of the FBI , the CIA and Scotland Yard 's Special Branch , keeping tabs on its leaders . |
| 20 | LOFT 's former director , Larry Leach , is now in Britain keeping tabs on the Sizewell inquiry for the US government . |
| 21 | Keeping tabs on the motor trade |
| 22 | LEDs alongside certain buttons indicate which mode of operation has been selected and these do help in keeping tabs on what 's happening during programming . |
| 23 | Paul Allen 's 21st-minute winner was the only entry on my score card , but the chaps from the WBC keeping tabs on Nigel Benn and Nicky Piper down the road at Ally Pally would have had a much busier afternoon . |
| 24 | ICL parent , Fujitsu Ltd , had no hand in development , but is keeping tabs on its sibling 's progress . |
| 25 | It 's great for keeping tabs on where your money is coming from and going to and for tracking investments . |
| 26 | The book gives you a clear insight into the complexities of piloting a fast jet at low altitude , keeping tabs on exactly where you are and planning on the wing exactly where you want to be within an acceptable tolerance at a checkpoint of plus or minus five seconds . |
| 27 | Keeping the family 's finances in good health requires keeping tabs on it . |
| 28 | ‘ He is their means of keeping tabs on me . |
| 29 | Just another way of keeping tabs on things . |
| 30 | ‘ You 've decided to finish this ridiculous business of keeping tabs on me , then ? ’ |