Examples of 'had been kept' in a sentence

Meaning of "had been kept"

This phrase indicates that something was previously retained, preserved, or maintained in a particular state or condition

How to use "had been kept" in a sentence

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had been kept
The estimates had been kept at a bare minimum.
So it seemed that my promise had been kept.
The wounded had been kept in isolated infirmaries.
She was annoyed because she had been kept waiting.
That had been kept too long.
The first part of the agreement had been kept.
This is what had been kept from them.
Had been kept in an iron grip by these very numbers.
Where places had been kept for them.
Had been kept in camp too long.
The event had been kept secret.
Two separate registers had been kept.
Everyone had been kept busy with calls.
Later it confirmed they had been kept.
All had been kept in a cold store.

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Police believe her body had been kept in cold storage.
They had been kept informed of the war news.
Only the idea of landing using airbags had been kept.
The media had been kept outside of the airport.
So many secrets had been kept.
They had been kept in intolerable conditions.
A promise that had been kept.
He had been kept as a guest at the fort.
At least one close relative had been kept from each prisoner.
Bodies had been kept here but we do not use it anymore.
It was a pleasant evening and the doors had been kept wide open.
The hair had been kept intact.
My lord was like a wild animal that had been kept too long.
His family had been kept under surveillance.
Fires and bombing destroyed artworks that had been kept in safekeeping.
It had been kept secret and only six people attended.
The tools existed nevertheless at the factory and had been kept.
She had been kept somewhere.
They took us to the same place that we had been kept before.
But we had been kept safe within the hospital walls.
Somewhere within her this little flame of happiness had been kept alive.
We had been kept in the dark.
There was a significant number of agricultural products that had been kept in good condition.
The tab had been kept by a member of the local gendarmerie.
Hesitate to say that if most of these men had been kept under proper.
The incident had been kept hidden until this week.
Until we saw airplanes e we perceive that the preparativeses they had been kept in secret.
Its existence had been kept secret for centuries.
Its economy had begun to show gradual growth and inflation had been kept under control.
The children had been kept from parents for two hours.
Her husband was anxious and annoyed because he had been kept out of the loop.
And if the virus had been kept on the outside of an airtight jar.
The cost of organizing the Conference had been kept at a minimum.
For years they had been kept as the most precious relics.
We wanted to go to the hospital where SARS patients had been kept.

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Examples of using Kept
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