Example sentences of "[noun] from [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | The court 's hearings were in private , but the judgment revealed that the Attorney General , Harold Whelehan , had obtained a temporary injunction on Feb. 7 preventing the parents of the girl from taking her to the UK for an operation . |
2 | The name reminded me of that , but the peculiar detachment of shock prevented the reminder from disturbing me in the slightest . |
3 | A DUBLIN-BASED policeman has won a legal battle to prevent the Garda Commissioner from dismissing him from the force for allegedly offering a prostitute IR£30 for sex . |
4 | If this is proved , the court makes a preliminary order , called a ‘ receiving order ’ , which protects the debtor 's property and prevents creditors from suing him without the leave of the court . |
5 | Soler argued that the higher altitude of the Guadix area ( 900–1100m above sea level ) had prevented cuckoos from colonizing it in the past , as the species seems to favour lowland below 500m ( but see ref. 9 ) . |
6 | Just before the accident , he had snatched his favourite toy from his brother and had been stopped by his mother from hitting him over the head . |