Example sentences of "keep [art] [noun] on " in BNC.

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1 You will need additional weight to knit this design ; also , put in the pushing down wheels before you start , as these will keep the stitches on the needles .
2 If we sign a publishing deal in conjunction with a record deal , we usually make the deals co-terminous. so , if we only make one single with a band , we do n't keep the publishing on that act forever .
3 I did n't keep the torchlight on her face longer than was necessary .
4 Me keep , are you gon na keep the log on this thing ?
5 ‘ Do n't keep the gel on the doorstep , you gaby , ’ said Mrs Parker .
6 Do I I mean I do n't know whether we 'll keep the individuals on the next one , cos people did talk about group work .
7 The Carmel Woods case helps highlight the enormous difficulty of challenging the validity of IDO claims under the 1991 Act and also helps keep the spotlight on the legacy of old minerals permissions which planning authorities are powerless to tackle under the 1981 Act .
8 Rosemary : ‘ You can keep the lid on so tightly .
9 The Western banks regarded Romania as a good risk : cynically , they judged that Ceauşescu would keep the lid on the pot in Romania in a way that Gierek had manifestly failed to do in Poland .
10 The Hepburns proved hardly more reliable , but did keep a hold on the castle and — so far as anyone could keep a hold on such a region — the lordship of Liddesdale .
11 The Hepburns proved hardly more reliable , but did keep a hold on the castle and — so far as anyone could keep a hold on such a region — the lordship of Liddesdale .
12 It brilliantly combines a legitimate trepidation about the Nazis with a certain ambivalence ( perhaps typical of those on the bourgeois Left in Britain at the time ) about the Russian bears who may or may not have been rescuing him , resolved in the end by the arrival of the charming governess — " better keep a hold on Nurse , just in case of something worse " !
13 However , weight is not the be-all and end-all and you must keep a check on your general shape and fitness .
14 From my place on the gallery I could keep a watch on Claire 's door and on what was happening in the hall below .
15 And just as you would keep a watch on your neighbour 's house if they were away , you should do the same for unoccupied caravans on the site and report anything suspicious immediately .
16 He denied his own authority had been over-zealous , a complaint levelled by one or two schools in the county , and he said inspectors should keep a watch on corporal punishment .
17 He did not keep a watch on her ; there was no necessity , and in his own mind he was almost convinced that nothing would happen .
18 I hope , as a climbing fraternity ( and sorority ) we can keep a grip on it .
19 But I must keep a grip on my priorities here .
20 Well ca n't you keep a grip on yourself woman ?
21 You can help keep a locomotive on the rails
22 Unlike Anthony , Geoffrey could keep a lid on his temper .
23 He never came in very late , always by twelve , and he always tripped on the doorstep from garage to kitchen hall , and he always yelled out complaining , ‘ Why the hell do n't you keep a light on ? ’
24 Awareness that the world-wide economic situation will be crisis-ridden in 1993 should help keep a perspective on your actions .
25 Better keep a label on them or else !
26 ‘ I 'll warn Mrs Pettifer they 're on their way , ’ said the sergeant , ‘ Then you 'd better keep an eye on the old lady and I 'll watch the froggie geezer .
27 Mr Catlett was deputized to ‘ keep an eye on everything ’ while Perkins went up to the vicarage to make his 'phone call .
28 Allan here can keep an eye on this place , and handle ambitious little Robertson if he tries to nail up his damned lists .
29 Samuel Beckett We want him in a nice jail where we can keep an eye on him .
30 Does a neighbour keep an eye on your house while you are away ?
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