‘if from shepherd’s keep a lamb strayed far’

‘I was filled with gratitude that these beautiful children are in my keep.’

‘the Society are paying for your keep’

‘People like us who did without to own our house as a legacy for our children have our home taken off us if we have to go into care to pay for our keep.’

‘But to our ancestors, kids were an addition to the family workforce and had to earn their keep.’

‘For the next four decades Norris usually earned his keep working as a fisherman.’

‘The keep in stone encircled from the full water ditch that we see today was built at this time.’

‘In a few places great stone keeps were begun, best known of which is the Tower of London.’

‘hominy will keep almost indefinitely without spoilage’

‘Pasta will keep for months in the cupboard.’

‘he had not been keeping well’

‘My mother did not keep very good health, so we had a charwoman who came in to do the cleaning.’

‘I won’t keep you, I know you’ve got a busy evening’

‘‘I don’t want to keep you,’ she apologized. ‘Guess you’d best get outside.’’

‘he keeps going on about the murder’

‘It is important to keep looking to the future.’

‘I kept quiet while Emily talked on’

‘keep left along the wall’

‘the soldiers removed, keeping their course towards Jericho’

‘Still further westward on they keep their way.’

‘his only thought is to keep the boy from harm’

‘We would do anything to keep them from danger.’

‘my father would keep the best for himself’

‘she had trouble keeping her balance’

‘I’ll keep my promise, naturally’

‘Meanwhile, the budget at the club has been slashed and the manager left because pledges were not kept.’

‘I have kept her waiting too long’

‘The man who created some of the most memorable images of the Sixties arrives early for his interview, then apologises for keeping me waiting.’

‘the master kept a weekly journal’

‘There are many possible reasons for keeping a diary and they range from pathological nostalgia to a prudent desire to possess a record of work done and objectives accomplished.’

‘today’s consumers do not keep the Sabbath’

‘They were once so numerous that the town kept the feast of St Crispin on October 25, patron saint of cobblers.’

‘they raised pigs and kept a pony or two’

‘I know several families who keep a couple of horses each so that they can hunt during the season.’

‘the big fellow keeps a fish shop near the post office’

‘Tucked in a bazaar along a grimy street, he keeps a shop about the size of a toolshed.’

‘if you kept small rules, you could break the big ones’

‘Every week religious Jews observe the Sabbath, the Jewish holy day, and keep its laws and customs.’

‘the money should keep him in cigarettes for a week’

‘His wife kept him supplied with beers and food, and there he sat, happy as a hippo in a waterhole.’

‘he had to keep his large family in the manner he had chosen’

‘He worked hard to keep his family - like everybody else.’

‘the stand where her umbrella was kept’

‘An intricately carved wooden table is kept in between the plush sofas.’

‘can you keep your saddle, or shall I carry you on a pillion?’

‘Tamora kept her seat, one hand free to wield her sword with unnervingly good aim.’

‘return one copy to me, keeping the other for your files’

‘Regular use of bronchodilators should therefore be avoided and should be kept in reserve for breakthrough wheezing.’

‘he was keeping a woman on the side’

‘At one stage she was told no woman editor in London would touch her novel with a barge pole because it was so unfashionable to have a story about a kept woman.’

‘keep a note of each item’

‘She still keeps records charting every penny she spends and she is worried.’