1.   Despite keeping such company, he did not hesitate to impale the rich and mighty on his pen.

2.   Their Maria was going places, so he might as well keep her company.

3.   There were girls who persistently stayed out late, girls who kept bad company and girls who drank too much.

4.   They made an abortive attempt to keep the company going.

5.   He keeps company with all sorts of lazy characters.

6.   The boys with whom I associated would not keep company with Journeymen excepting in their workshops, nor with lads whose fathers were not housekeepers.

7.   Although all the rooms are different, each has a cuddly teddy bear on the bed, prepared to keep guests company.

8.   Also, sluggish demand in the sector kept the company from reaching its sales targets.

9.   Although that decline has made imports more expensive, the reluctance of German consumers to spend money has kept companies from passing on those higher costs.

10.   And even the best ads have not kept smaller companies from disappearing as the industry has relentlessly consolidated.