Example sentences of "keep [art] [noun] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 Keeping the door on its chain , she peered through the crack and rasped , ‘ Whadyerwant ? ’
2 Keeping the pencil in your hand you may feel that you want to shade in certain shapes .
3 From the junction of Letenská Street and the Mánes Bridge along the U lužického semináře , keeping the river on your left , to Vojanovy Sady , formerly the gardens of a bishop 's palace destroyed by the Hussites .
4 ‘ The dickheads know that the best way of keeping the Americans off their backs is by buying themselves a slice of the local law . ’
5 All have come short of the divine standard for human life ; none can lay claim to earning the verdict of acquittal by keeping the law in its entirety : ‘ for there is no distinction , since all have sinned and come short of the glory of God ’ ( Rom. 3:23 ) .
6 Crilly touches me all over with one hand , keeping the other on my stomach .
7 If you are in doubt , keeping the puppy on your left side , and facing forwards , loop one end of the chain through the other , so as to form a circle .
8 I push myself up , still keeping the knife near her throat .
9 Follow the path to the near right hand corner of the lake and then bear right , keeping the lake on your left and walk to the fence but do not cross it .
10 The trickiest parts was keeping the feet with their fearsome claws underneath the body while she was lashed up like a parcel .
11 She herself was a talented artist , but all her energies were taken up in caring for Modigliani , keeping the peace between her lover and her mother .
12 DeVore looked down , keeping the smile from his face .
13 The feet should be kept in the straps until sheeting in on the new tack , thereby keeping the board on its banked course throughout the crucial rig change .
14 So even if you do repay your loan on a building society account , er do n't forget that erm er the erm building society will then want to charge you for keeping the deeds of your house .
15 The floorboards in the centre of the room had clearly rotted , leaving gaping holes in places , and she edged her way round the perimeter , keeping the wall at her back all the time .
16 He would just walk on , holding her hand and letting her lead him , turning his head a bit so she would n't see his closed eyes and keeping the sun on his left cheek as an additional guide .
17 Go along the path , keeping the farmhouse on your left and pass through a metal gate .
18 In the struggle between them and the King 's Courts for jurisdiction over ecclesiastical property — the right to present a clergyman to a living , for instance — the King 's Courts were successful at an early time in getting and keeping the jurisdiction in their own hands .
19 That said , a couple of encounters obviously have some value in keeping the PCs on their toes and hurrying them up if the pace of the game is slackening due to excessive caution by them .
20 ‘ I have n't done anything , except spend most of last night and all of this morning keeping the police off your back .
21 The filly had begun to reel about , the breathing louder and more stertorous than ever , and I had difficulty in keeping the stethoscope on her chest wall .
22 They are angry that British Steel formerly a public corporation is keeping the £300m for its own use .
23 Keeping the lid on his bubbly personality has always been an important part of managing Ian Wright .
24 Natalie , who is married , additionally has the problem of keeping the situation from her husband , Sinclair .
25 Keeping the palace on your right continue round the square and turn right into the narrow Hroznová Street .
26 Cross the forest road and where the track forks , bear left and follow the old drove road past a marker post keeping the fence on your left .
27 Hobhouse began keeping a diary during his round-the-world honeymoon in 1893 and continued to do so for five years .
28 We must also contrast the dithyramb with the other kinds of choral song developed by the Greeks , all essentially Apolline , in which there is no " entering into " and the singers remain " themselves " , retaining their names and keeping a sense of their ordinary civic status .
29 That Sunday she took the first positive step towards keeping a check on her child .
30 We went on keeping a watch on his activities , but not for long , because he went out of business .
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