He kept the house because she wanted to move into the city.
I had to work very hard to keep the house.
I had to keep the house going and look after the kids.
In every new place he found himself a woman to keep house.
He's kept his house on the other side of town.
At least that way he'll keep the house in mind.
One day, he told his sister to keep the house.
And even if we do have to move around, we'll keep the house.
Probably, he thought, the wife was dead, and this girl kept house for her father.
It would do better to keep its own house in order.