Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] them from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women are being asked detailed questions about their child-care arrangements , and failure to produce satisfactory answers may disqualify them from benefit . |
| 2 | Hume and Kant ( 1724–1804 ) are two towering giants of philosophy and our brief indications of their positions on morality — which must tear them from their systems as a whole — may irritate the knowledgeable , but with the space at my disposal and the particular purpose of supplying background to Part Two of this work , the only alternative was to ignore them altogether . |
| 3 | Parents with problem children should stop them from taking canned drinks , coloured squash , sweets , biscuits and cake for a week . |
| 4 | There were one or two things that may concern them ( the scratchy sound of the orchestra for one ) , though nothing that should deter them from tuning in , for the singing was generally fine , with particularly good contributions from the basses ( Michael George and Peter Harvey ) , the soprano Nancy Argenta , the tenor Andrew Murgatroyd , the ‘ cantor ’ Nicholas Robertson and the choir itself , here expanded , of course , to The Twenty . |
| 5 | He paused , frowning while staring ahead at some of the other riders , then he said , ‘ Excuse me — I must stop them from taking the wrong track . ’ |
| 6 | But many are indignant at the suggestion that age should bar them from help |
| 7 | If not , you should select them from group 2 . |
| 8 | Tea and coffee should be strictly limited , and the patient should drink them from a small cup , and should not be given several cups in succession . |
| 9 | Since they are not produced by the body , we must get them from our diet and a deficiency in one can lead to an impairment in others . |
| 10 | You must put them from your thoughts now . ’ |
| 11 | You must save them from the pursuing aliens , brains and ( what 's that , are you sure ? surely not ) YES ! the HUGE Lavatory ! |
| 12 | The public good defence for performances which were proved to be ‘ in the interests of drama , opera , ballet or any other art , or of literature or learning ’ omitted the words ‘ or other objects of general concern ’ , thereby rejecting the so-called ‘ therapeutic defence ’ according to which pornography was claimed to be ‘ psychologically beneficial ’ to some persons ‘ in that it relieves their sexual tensions and may divert them from anti-social activities ’ . |
| 13 | They may live far from their nearest bureau and the expense or lack of public transport may prevent them from coming . |
| 14 | Open all hours , blending left literature , the Beats , the new absurdists , it attracted a clientele whose Scottish consciousness might repel them from London , the ‘ imperial capital ’ , but attract them towards Paris , and New York , free of the effeteness of English culture . |
| 15 | No , I 'll buy them from you ’ . |
| 16 | So they 'll give them from table to table . |
| 17 | One thing that frightened him was the thought that , for some reason or other , Busby might prevent them from leaving . |
| 18 | Remember to check out the services provided by your own local banks — some regulations might prevent them from offering the above range . |
| 19 | Also , bear in mind that the components removed from circuit boards are likely to have very short leadouts that might prevent them from fitting into the component layouts of your projects . |
| 20 | It is all about those poor girls who behave as Rose did the other night , and suggests that a decent wage might prevent them from indulging in such conduct . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ All right , we 'll follow them from here . |
| 22 | ‘ We 'll see them from here , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Maybe it 'll keep them from breaking in and rifling the till . ’ |
| 24 | It also said that solicitors employed by large companies should not be allowed to appear in higher courts because the fact that they were employed might stop them from showing impartiality and detachment . |
| 25 | Where are the projects that might stop them from doing so in the first place ? |
| 26 | It 'll stop them from crawling across , |
| 27 | Or she might call them from a telephone box on a lonely road . |
| 28 | We wo n't have that , we 'll have them from |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll get them from the register tomorrow . |
| 30 | But oh , no , let's keep them from Phena ! |