Example sentences of "keep [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trial judge directed the jury if at the time he collected the coins the defendant had formed the dishonest intention of keeping them for himself he was guilty of theft . |
| 2 | ‘ No good keeping 'em for you when we thought you were dead . ’ |
| 3 | But the shopman had already bowed as though keeping it for her was all any human being could ask . |
| 4 | I 'm keeping it for him , like . |
| 5 | Erm by the land that 's being redistributed , they are actually keeping it for themselves , and that how that they 're |
| 6 | I wondered if they passed that Trade Union ( positive vetting ) file over to someone else or whether they were keeping it for my return . |
| 7 | They 'd keep them for themselves . |
| 8 | He would keep her for himself . |
| 9 | And you might say well I 'll not take their advice I 'll invest it directly with Global and you 'll find that cos Global 'll keep it for themselves . |
| 10 | ‘ But you know ’ , she turned to Ira Dilworth , ‘ I do n't smoke , but me 'usband does , so I 'll just keep it for him ! hope you do n't mind . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll keep it for you until you drive round . ’ |
| 12 | I 'll keep it for you if it does . |
| 13 | ‘ They will keep it for you , you know — you can pay by instalments . ’ |
| 14 | I nodded in agreement , saying : ‘ We 'll keep it for our New Year 's present . ’ |
| 15 | I looked at the buttons next to the fruit stall because what I usually do I go and get the fruit and vegetables , if Jim 's on the right shift he takes them home , otherwise I buy them while it 's quieter , the man keeps them for me , I go straight across the leisure centre to soft clay cos it 's only open on Wednesdays and then on the way back one of them walks |
| 16 | Tom Fearon keeps him for me at the livery stables . |
| 17 | Her husband had asked her to keep them for me — keep them in the family , that is , but she did n't want to be troubled with all the precautions and inspections since the Firearms Acts . |
| 18 | But in the end the Turkish captain decided to keep me for himself , and took me home with him . |
| 19 | Bob Halton , not guilty enough , but confused by his mother 's spoiling and manipulative efforts to keep him for herself , is petrified of being taken over completely . |
| 20 | Wanting to keep her for himself , and not wishing to give away her identity to his colleagues , he gives her a male name : ‘ Bob ’ — to the delight of the audience , who then laugh each time he uses the name . |
| 21 | He would be willing , of course , to keep it for her for ever . |
| 22 | He , they left the er they 'd gone said leave it in the conservatory , then he went out and and and and er shut his conservatory so they could n't leave it so they asked me to keep it for him . |
| 23 | The old hut 's been converted into a flower-shop , but the cabbies say they wanted to keep it for themselves . |
| 24 | I suppose you want to keep it for your wedding night ? ’ |
| 25 | She said , keep them for my grave . |
| 26 | I insist you keep it for yourself — it would be a crime to let anyone else wear it , ’ he said huskily . |
| 27 | She stared at a plump tea-kettle like a plump hen above the shopman 's head , and her voice was dreamy as she answered : " Well , keep it for me — will your I … |
| 28 | ‘ Do n't you talk in that disgusting way to me , keep it for your clever friends who 're trying to turn this fine country into a nest of crawling , grovelling , filthy snakes . ’ |
| 29 | He said well you 've got no bloody springs on the pawls , I says so I picked a tin of springs up , we kept it for anybody who wanted a spring for their bike , any spring where , you know the hooks on each end ? |
| 30 | It 's wet through and 75% burnt but I kept it for you . " |