1.   But how long could they keep control of the situation?

2.   But it was men who helped Republicans keep control of Congress.

3.   Even as the black population ballooned, whites kept control of the City Council.

4.   I kept control until the car had overtaken and was out of sight.

5.   I try to steer a middle course between keeping control of the project and giving responsibility to others.

6.   I was desperately trying to keep control but felt horribly threatened.

7.   Some of this was done no doubt to keep control in choppy political waters.

8.   The government is keeping tight control on immigration.

9.   The old carrot and stick method of keeping control is now all stick.

10.   The scene might have been absorbing had I not been fighting to keep control of the wheelbarrow.