Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] i from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence my acceptance that yesterday I did not know prevents me from claiming knowledge today . |
| 2 | When , sometimes , I think back on the beauty of life on a South Seas island , I start to wonder how fate could possibly have propelled me from the rain and bedraggled leafless winter trees of England to such distant enchantment . |
| 3 | Things which , to my mind have been totally illogical — and yet nothing on this earth would have stopped me from doing them . ’ |
| 4 | He must have rescued me from the canal , because my clothes were wet through , so were his … ’ |
| 5 | It did n't take much to persuade her to come and nothing would have prevented me from seeing precisely what it was that had turned my schoolfriend into what the Daily Express called ‘ a phenomena ’ . |
| 6 | Because I 'm sure you wo n't try to cross me from now on . |
| 7 | It seemed to me that she should have taken my part , should somehow have defended me from my father . |
| 8 | I could never understand why Crusoe left his paradise in the first place ; wild horses would not have dragged me from Juan Fernandez . |
| 9 | If I 'd not blocked or she 'd not blocked out that time in that way , what would have happened is on the thirteenth , er , of the month , erm , Red would have called me from the Health and Safety Executive would have called me and said , Ricky we 've got er , a remedial leadership weekend on the top of Snowden , and er , on that , on the last weekend of the month , and we 've got a one hour slot for you , that 's just a golden opportunity . |
| 10 | A regular checkup once or twice a year with a GP who had the time , the energy , and the resources to advise on preventative medicine as an integral part of the National Health Service , may have protected me from a heart attack . |
| 11 | My naïveté , my lack of experience , may have protected me from what would have been obvious to anyone else . |
| 12 | The other girls went together in a group but I was on my own , and I suppose someone could have followed me from the dance … |
| 13 | ‘ You 'll have to direct me from here . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't try to stop me from punishing this ingrate , Brien . |
| 15 | yes , alright , I , you 'll have to ban me from cutting your loaf , you 'll have to do it , you will . |
| 16 | Even though the plight of those two climbers should have released me from my fear of calling for help on behalf of others , I 'm still wary unless I come across someone whose legs are a few hundred yards from their body . |
| 17 | ‘ And just how do you propose to stop me from getting what I want ? ’ |