Example sentences of "[adj] prevent [pn reflx] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had n't been able to prevent himself from catching her when she fell , and now the feel of her , cradled helplessly against his chest , sent shafts of agony through him . |
| 2 | She had n't been able to prevent herself from burying her face in the soft wool — and almost groaning out loud in agony as she 'd inhaled the strongly male , musky scent of his cologne . |
| 3 | It may be that I find a situation hard to manage because I am apparently unable to prevent myself from reacting with paralysing anger when spoken to in this way . |
| 4 | With her soaked blonde hair plastered in a rather mermaid-like curtain around her face and shoulders , and the wet black denim clinging tightly to her legs , she stared back , shivering in spite of the warm June night , unnerved by the piercing appraisal , but unable to prevent herself from returning the curiosity … |
| 5 | She seemed unable to prevent herself from going over in her mind every single minute of the days they had spent together in America . |