Example sentences of "to keep i [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | He did his best to keep me right and we had some great times together , on and off the pitch . ’ |
2 | ‘ Ken Harris has promised to keep me up to date with the press briefings … ’ she began . |
3 | He 'll instruct you to keep me away from all but the most harmless piece of equipment . ’ |
4 | I was seething , yes , but not enough to keep me away from you . |
5 | ‘ I do n't doubt that , Claudia , but you also want to keep me away from Garry , ’ she added shrewdly , ‘ and you want even more to keep me away from Roman . |
6 | ‘ I do n't doubt that , Claudia , but you also want to keep me away from Garry , ’ she added shrewdly , ‘ and you want even more to keep me away from Roman . |
7 | ‘ Try to keep me away , ’ he had whispered , ‘ although it is exquisite torture for me these days , my dear McAllister , to have you so near , and be unable to stroke every bit of your delectable body . |
8 | I made a lot well , three prints a year on average is n't much but it was enough to keep me economically viable . |
9 | I think that 's enough , for somebody of my age , to keep me reasonably quiet . ’ |
10 | She looked sober , and then added : ‘ I might as well go home — there 's nothing to keep me here . |
11 | ‘ You are making it even worse , ’ she accused him angrily , ‘ to keep me here longer ! ’ |
12 | His one superiority is his ability to keep me here . |
13 | ‘ How long do you intend to keep me here ? ’ |
14 | Minginish has been trying to keep me here , in the Rorim . |
15 | ‘ How much longer do you intend to keep me here ? ’ |
16 | ‘ It wo n't do you any good to keep me here , ’ she said at last , in a dull voice . |
17 | ‘ I thought you wanted to keep me here ? ’ she retorted . |
18 | There was no need for you to bring me here , no need to keep me here . ’ |
19 | In the meantime , if you are still determined to keep me here , could we try not to fight ? ’ |
20 | There 's nothing to keep me here now , you know . |
21 | I 've told you , I 'm not involved with Adam , and there 's no reason for you to keep me here any longer . ’ |
22 | ‘ I will also return to England , and any further attempt to keep me here I shall count as kidnapping . ’ |
23 | I get on with it most of the afternoon , and I 've still got a stack of unopened buff envelopes in my hand as I head doggedly back up the little twisting staircase and sit down on my hard box seat to get on with it again up here , a task which now looks likely to keep me here after everyone else has gone home . |
24 | Yes ar are not that good but I 'm working at it on a sort of regional basis erm but you may have to keep me here for a very long time in order to achieve it . |
25 | ‘ Are you going to keep me here on the doorstep ? ’ |
26 | Clearly this artist was going to keep me fully entertained as she peered alternately at me and my picture , producing a range of squints , pouts and grimaces that Rowan Atkinson might envy . |
27 | Should the weather be unkind , or fish reluctant to rise , then I am sure that I will be able to find plenty of other sea-borne activities to keep me fully occupied ; and , hopefully , merrily amused . |
28 | to give up and I thought I do n't want to fail on my own so I wo n't even attempt and then I erm I joined this project , and that was enough , I think , to keep me off . |
29 | The truth is , she does not seem to wish to see me and will think of every excuse to keep me out of her presence . |
30 | I have to find something to do to keep me out of trouble . |