Example sentences of "to keep them [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether it be welfare , gas bills , housing , you name it and we 're in there fighting to , to keep them above the water , their heads above the water . |
| 2 | His legs were beginning to get twitchy and fidgety , the way they always did when it was particularly important for him to keep them under control . |
| 3 | The stomach cramps had been coming back , off and on , all day , but so far she had been able to keep them under control . |
| 4 | I found that it was vital to keep them under water when moving them after I had experienced problems with eggs which were accidentally exposed to air which probably dried them out . |
| 5 | It is important to write these plans down and to keep them under review . |
| 6 | Once the plants branch out and grow thick , they can be pruned to keep them under control and stimulate new growth . |
| 7 | Germans were resentful of France 's post-war attempts to keep them under close control , and it could not automatically be expected that they would agree to join European institutions . |
| 8 | When the two truckers gave up their cursory attempt to find him and rejoined their companions , he advanced to the edge of the clearing to keep them under observation . |
| 9 | Immediately she was surrounded by the other occupants of the pool , who crowded around her , laughing and urging her right into the water and ignoring the grey-haired woman who was trying to keep them under control . |
| 10 | I cry out as if to keep them outside of myself . |
| 11 | Undertakers ' men and grave-diggers had to be copiously supplied with liquor to keep them at work , and this added to the disorder and indecency . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm sure what I say is quite unnecessary — but they might , you know , sympathetic looks and so on — I 'd like you to keep them at a distance . ’ |
| 13 | Ewshot fought back in the second half and Murphy , despite an injury to his nose , covered acres of ground in both attack and defence to keep them at bay . |
| 14 | To keep them at bay , I engaged Alison in close conversation . |
| 15 | He would have preferred , I knew , to keep them at home , but Ruth , his wife , had overruled him in that , as she did in quite a few other matters . |
| 16 | He has always been fanatically into body culture , punishing his muscles to keep them at the peak of definition and tone . |
| 17 | When your family members went mad these days you had to keep them at home , and whatever the sound policies , on the part of the government , which lay behind this decision , it was undoubtedly inconvenient for those upon whom would fall the burden of caring for the deranged . |
| 18 | Conservatives voted to keep them at 10p , but were defeated . |
| 19 | They lit smoky fires at night to keep them at bay , but were soon itching with bites . |
| 20 | She saw his hands curl into white-knuckled fists and knew he was fighting to keep them at his sides . |
| 21 | Back with his own cast , he was determined to keep them at it as long as possible , fulfilling his own need for manic activity . |
| 22 | Maybe Gloucester just do n't have the spending power to keep them at Kingsholm . |
| 23 | The aim , to keep them at the top of the sport . |
| 24 | The intention being to keep them at Georgia Griffiths house … even though she made no real profit from the deal . |
| 25 | The latest phase obliges vehicles delivering a wide range of food products to keep them at a temperature of no more than 8C . |
| 26 | To keep them with her she will employ any ruse , any lie , however foul . |
| 27 | If they had a problem , to keep them with feed supplied . |
| 28 | The aggressive patrols directed at the German lines have increased since the 12th June , no doubt to keep them on their toes . |
| 29 | Councillors were flown to France to see a PWR in operation , to Torness to see how luxurious the workers , accommodation could be — an attraction to keep them on site and out of trouble . |
| 30 | Most children do grow out of their sensitivities gradually , and it is important not to keep them on a restricted diet any longer than necessary . |