keep tally
Example Sentences
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The third scrutator reads each name aloud, while the cardinals keep tally.
From Time Magazine Archive
It did keep tally of every incoming visitor.
From The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel by Hanshew, Mary E.
In the case of ‘head-hunters’ the young men’s barracks are invariably guardhouses, at the entrance to the village, and those on guard at night keep tally of the men who leave and return.”—Op. cit., vol.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest
For some time Browne endeavoured to keep tally of the route; eventually, however, he was obliged to relinquish the attempt in despair.
From The Red Rat's Daughter by Boothby, Guy
Surely some of you gentlemen have an old envelope on which we can keep tally.
From Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy by Wells, David Dwight
