Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] from [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up to then he had respected his old friend 's command abjuring him from creating the vortex . |
| 2 | Today rebels attempted to persuade one hundred and forty workers who 'd not yet signed the agreement to battle on , but they failed in their bid to stop them from signing the deal . |
| 3 | Theda blanched even paler , a wicked flash and an ominous rumble preventing her from hearing the curse that issued from Mr Beckenham 's lips . |
| 4 | Big Jimmy Hughes was Palace 's bulwark at centre-half throughout the decade 1910 to 1920 , and only the 1st World War prevented him from amassing a huge total of appearances for the club . |
| 5 | In fact , midway through the first song , only the size of the band dissuaded you from buying a round to speed up the process . |
| 6 | Considerations of security prevented us from filming the machine which puts the layers into Vienetta … or the twirls into a tangle twister . |
| 7 | None of them could disagree that it was a species of tyranny that left an unhappy debtor to the mercy of a remorseless creditor whose affluence prevented him from knowing the sorrows of adversity and who , nursed in the lap of plenty , had never heard the call of hunger or knew the cry of distress . |
| 8 | His chart of appearances shows that he made full appearances for two seasons after joining us and only a broken collar-bone prevented him from making an even more impressive contribution towards our promotion to Division One in 1969–70 . |
| 9 | The Aquamassage brush is waterproof and can be used in the bath and shower : ‘ The only difficulty is keeping enough soap on the brush head to keep it from dragging the skin , ’ she says . |
| 10 | The fact that any extra emotional effort makes them anxious and exhausted is often too painful to admit , even to themselves , and their pride prevents them from beating a perfectly acceptable retreat to their own room for ‘ a rest ’ when visitors are expected . |
| 11 | Is lack of knowledge preventing you from having a go at hunter trials , eventing or showing ? |
| 12 | In a letter to Prime Minister Wilfried Martens , the King , a devout Catholic , declared that his conscience barred him from signing the abortion bill into law . |
| 13 | They grew a new ‘ ear ’ on her stomach with grafts taken from her thighs ; the scab on the superficially burnt left side of her face lifted off almost in one piece , leaving behind the flawless pink skin of a teenager ; but even after a year in hospital and scores of painful grafts , the right side of her face was hideously scarred , her hair and eyebrows never grew again and a plastic plate fitted over her carbonized skull prevented her from wearing a wig . |
| 14 | The only thing which was missing was the recognised transport qualification , a Certificate of Professional Competence , so , determined not to let this official piece of paper prevent her from doing the job she undertook a study course and was soon legally qualified to run the fleet . |
| 15 | Ralph Gibson L.J. , in a powerful dissenting judgment , concluded that both principle and authority prevented him from reaching the same conclusion . |
| 16 | Since the catastrophic drop in attendance at the National Museum of Wales — a reduction which has largely been made up by the efforts of the museum staff — there is still bitter resentment among Welsh people that a barrier prevents them from seeing the treasures of Wales that were purchased and the national museum that was established as an expression of Welsh identity . |
| 17 | Season to taste with salt and white pepper , then cover the sauce with greaseproof paper to prevent it from forming a skin and allow it to cool completely . |
| 18 | The same consideration stopped me from butting the animal ; I was n't going to put my face near those teeth . |
| 19 | Illness prevented him from sitting the honours examinations and he received an aegrotat in 1849 , after which he spent a year in Scotland reading for holy orders . |
| 20 | He had been advised that ethics legislation prevented him from combining the RNC job with outside interests which he had planned to pursue , including consultancy work and the fulfilment of a lucrative book contract . |
| 21 | Courtesy forbade him from asking the reason for this unexpected visit . |
| 22 | Since vitamin E is fat soluble , this shortcoming in turn prevents it from entering the circulation , even though it may be present at normal levels in the gut . |
| 23 | Anyhow , my alcohol affected state prevents me from recalling the fee we paid Swindon ? |
| 24 | Although primarily designed to win over Catholic waverers , the new title was also preferred by some Protestant zealots who argued that only Jesus Christ could be the head of the church , as well as by those who believed that Elizabeth 's gender debarred her from assuming a quasi-episcopal role . |
| 25 | The impact flung Donna forwards in her seat , the safety belt preventing her from hitting the windscreen . |
| 26 | The ( very guarded ! ) formulation ‘ unit ’ does not in any way preclude us from becoming a committee , a commission , a staff , a section , or anything else you may choose once it has been decided what form we are going to take . |
| 27 | Nor did his investment in the Virginia Company prevent him from advocating a total ban on tobacco imports . |
| 28 | Another indication of his value to the side was that the club and his colleagues were prepared to approve his occasional absences from the team at distant away matches because his commitments at school prevented him from making the Friday journey . |
| 29 | A long prison sentence is the penalty for an unlicensed firearm and to keep the three men on bail , year after year , with this terrifying threat hanging over them was a most effective way to deter them from exposing the monstrous injustice of their treatment either in the media or with the European Commission of Human Rights . |
| 30 | These constitutional provisions had previously been called into question during a highly controversial case in February 1992 when the High Court in Dublin prevented a 14-year-old girl and her family from procuring an abortion or from leaving Ireland for nine months , even though she had repeatedly threatened to commit suicide ; the order preventing her from leaving the country was subsequently lifted after an appeal based on recognition of the equal rights of mother and child and the right to freedom of movement within the EC [ see p. 38780 ] . |