Example sentences of "to keep [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because this guitar is so strummable , but a pig to keep level , I 'm tempted to suggest that maybe Paul Chandler should make another instrument with the same hardware , neck dimensions and action , but with a body that better counteracts the imbalance . |
| 2 | Your turn to keep watch ! ’ |
| 3 | Its highly flexible neck enables it to keep watch over a wide area while it is both searching for and chasing prey . |
| 4 | Mcduff came with him to sit in the shelves and they took it in turns to keep watch . |
| 5 | He sighed with relief , and sat down by the bed to keep watch . |
| 6 | The orange lifeguard tower where Eddie used to keep watch was empty ; a sign on the side announced : No LIFEGUARD ON DUTY . |
| 7 | During the summer a fleet under Admiral Byng was despatched to keep watch on the Channel ports and early in September it appeared off Le Havre , where , Lord Stair had reported , some seven or eight ships had been hired under a false name and loaded with 10,000 ‘ stand of arms ’ , i.e. muskets and ammunition sufficient for that number of men . |
| 8 | Because it was difficult , John was unable , he could see , to keep watch around him . |
| 9 | As before , he had not wasted energy in trying to keep watch about him . |
| 10 | It was his job to keep watch through the night , but boredom and tiredness had taken over . |
| 11 | D'Arcy parked Nadirpur 's BMW outside and left Chantal with her motorcycle to keep watch for any unwelcome followers . |
| 12 | We kept them in a mud-walled hut and posted a guard to keep watch , armed with a can of paraffin . |
| 13 | On each occasion , every available manservant had been posted to keep watch for soldiers , and she knew that if ever there was a night Tristram should not come visiting , this was it . |
| 14 | I told my friend Bridget it was up to us to keep watch . |
| 15 | Most animals need to keep watch for predators , even when busy feeding . |
| 16 | This ingenious super-wide , 180° angle rearview mirror eliminates blind spots on both sides of the car to make overtaking and reversing easier and safer , and enables the driver to keep watch on any rear-seat occupants without taking his or her eyes off the road . |
| 17 | From information received it was thought that some illegal activity was afoot off the Teign estuary so Venturous and Valiant were detailed to keep watch on the movements of local vessels early in August , 1964 . |
| 18 | Well I went to work on the Saturday morning at six and we were dredging until half past twelve , then we would , then do repairs till five o'clock at night and then five o'clock at night , when the other crew had gone home , when I start to stay there then from five o'clock Saturday night till Monday morning six o'clock all the time just to keep watch on the dredger , I used to sleep mind you during part of the time and erm used to have a big old tortoise stove down the cabin and make good fire . |
| 19 | The door stood open and beyond it on the pavement was cast the shadow of the Medjay posted to keep watch . |
| 20 | On the whole I prefer to keep watch on one of Venice 's days of brilliant gold-blue clarity , on a late summer afternoon which , while bright and warm enough , somehow lacks precision . |
| 21 | That way it 's a lot easier to keep watch and make sure they do n't creep up on you , and you can keep going as well . |
| 22 | They 'll continue to keep watch on Harwell from the other side of the fence . |
| 23 | Ports and airports have been alerted to keep watch for Dennis Garvey , who has n't been seen since the bodies of his family were found . |
| 24 | But the Bank of England signalled it wants to keep base rates held at 101/2 p.c . |
| 25 | Erm we have , er , access to the advice of professional advisers , namely and Co our policy is to keep base salaries at the mid-point of market competitive range erm , and provide bonus opportunities that can lift total take home pay into the upper quartile . |
| 26 | It therefore makes sense , as described earlier for banks to keep base rates within ¼ per cent of interbank rates , specifically 1 — 3 months . |
| 27 | Well we have to keep variety to make something . |
| 28 | But some movement of the feet er is important to keep variety . |
| 29 | The sustained discipline required to keep accounts was boringly time-consuming and beyond the capabilities of most . |
| 30 | The supervisor is required to keep accounts and records and file an abstract of them with the court at least once a year , giving copies to the debtor and to all creditors . |