Sentence examples for kept a string of from inspiring English sources

It was this quality that kept a string of distinguished writers and publishers fascinated.

Under the guidance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he kept a string of case officers from the Soviet military intelligence service, the G.R.U., supplied with documents, real and fake, purportedly stolen from his jobs at various Army bases.

In October Glenn Gainor, the head of physical production for its Screen Gems unit, was even honored at an awards banquet for having kept a string of productions, including pictures like "Takers" and "Burlesque," both set for release this year, at home.

The paintwork was intended to be the colour of "the belly of a London mouse", and Knightley is said to have kept a string of dead mice in the paint shop in order to ensure the correct tone.

Bordeaux suffered frustration as Montpellier kept out a string of chances to a take a point from a goalless draw.

Despite claims late last year by President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigeria had "technically" won the war against Boko Haram, the group has kept up a string of attacks.

That only shook the hosts into action, though, and substitute goalkeeper Matt Gilks had to be at his best to keep out a string of efforts from the likes of Mirko Ivanovski and Adis Jahovic.

Thereafter he kept busy with a string of lesser directorships.

Since the fight, the Taliban have been kept away from a string of villages in Achin District that stretch for about six miles.

In 1902, when Moeller joined his former classmate, they were kept busy by a string of commissions from the Todds: the Bretton Hall Hotel, on the east side of Broadway from 85th to 86th Streets; the Hotel York, at the northwest corner of 36th Street and Seventh Avenue; and the Aberdeen Hotel, at 17 West 32nd Street, notable for its voluptuously modeled curved limestone entryway.

Try to keep a long string of marks.