Example sentences of "keep him [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keeping him from snapping at the heels of Normandy is bad enough . ’ |
| 2 | The senator spoke with a sudden and incredible venom , and I realised it was only that angry force that was keeping him from weeping for his two children . |
| 3 | At the same time , Peachcake , if worries about the future are what 's been keeping him from showing his feelings for you and he 's as much in love with you as you appear to be with him , there 's to be no hasty wedding . |
| 4 | That way we 'll keep him from getting between us and the Ridgery . ’ |
| 5 | Then I began to wonder whether , by wearing a loose jacket and sitting down all the time , I could keep him from noticing . |
| 6 | It keeps him from getting bored . |
| 7 | His aim is not to mock or preach but to explain one country to another , and his sense of the absurd keeps him from becoming solemn . |
| 8 | A stoic quality keeps him from talking about the problem , which is silly ; even Nicklaus discusses his back , made ancient by millions of swings and uneven leg lengths . |
| 9 | ‘ You 've met your match there , darling , ’ he said as Kelly pushed and shoved the colt along , tying to keep him from stopping altogether . |
| 10 | Whether I pay or go free , whatever the cost , I will not let it be said I killed a decent man to keep him from accusing me . |
| 11 | And Mary 's condemnation was not enough to keep him from succumbing . |
| 12 | According to him Beatrice was so jealous that she locked Modi up in the cottage to keep him from going off with other women . |
| 13 | I 've been paying ever since to keep him from finding out . |
| 14 | Since he put it that way , like a parlour game , intended to keep him from dying of boredom in her company , which was more the effect she was used to having on men , she considered . |
| 15 | Keep him from chasing younger birds — if he could 've summoned up the energy . |
| 16 | I gave him a hard releasing shove in the general direction of Sam , Perkin and an open-mouthed Gareth and at last watched a dozen restraining hands clutch and keep him from destroying himself entirely , but he struggled against them and turned his vindictive face my way and shouted in still exploding rage , ‘ I 'll kill you . ’ |
| 17 | There were Sundays when Dadda did n't come to lunch , when depression kept him from stirring out of doors . |
| 18 | Denis patiently instructed Joey in what to do and he and Michael kept him from talking too loudly . |
| 19 | However , he gradually came to see that his fear of God was beneficial because it kept him from falling into sin . |
| 20 | But the bruiser was after her , and the click-clack of her heels over the pavement kept him from losing her . |
| 21 | And maybe that was what had kept him from visiting this place these last five years : the knowledge that he could no longer share their unquestioning certainty . |
| 22 | If he had been young , nothing would have kept him from joining the Tuscan troops but as it was , he felt an old man and useless . |