keep within bounds
Example Sentences
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They keep within bounds because there's a heavy penalty if they don't.
From Burned Bridges by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
"You only keep within bounds of the law."
From The Awakening The Resurrection by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
Schomberg was concerned to keep within bounds the enlargement of his eyes, which he seemed to feel growing bigger in his head.
From Victory An Island Tale by Conrad, Joseph
My liking for this girl assisted me in bearing the braggadocio of her brother, who did not always keep within bounds.
From Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life by Oxenford, John
There are some difficulties in the plan, it is true; our beasts might not be easy to keep within bounds.
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Lever, Charles James