(1) Fortune is easily found, but hard to be kept. 

(2) Fire that's closest kept burns most of all. 

(3) Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. 

(4) He kept his finger on the trigger.

(5) I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.

(6) How long should a murderer be kept in prison?

(7) All channels of communication need to be kept open.

(8) The plate is kept in a locked cupboard.

(9) Kept diaries, not stop what is pen, or memory.

(10) Their poultry are kept in the yard.

(11) The fans were kept back behind barricades.

(12) She always kept her room neat.

(13) He was kept in custody for his own safety.

(14) He was kept in detention by the police.

(15) Doctors kept the baby alive for six weeks.

(16) The women are kept separate from the men.

(17) We kept alive and caught the burglar.

(18) Palmer kept hammering away at his report.

(19) They kept a small flock of sheep.

(20) I kept the gun aimed squarely at his eyes.

(21) He kept a tight grip on her arm.

(22) Children should be kept away from fire.

(23) The affair must be kept confidential.

(24) He kept the news to himself.

(25) He kept his pipe clamped between his teeth.

(26) She kept the letters for sentimental reasons.

(27) The cat kept clawing at my trousers.

(28) The teacher kept preaching about the importance of study. Sentencedict.com

(29) Inge kept a diary during the war years.

(30) A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.