Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | and when she went over she says er school being off , she heard er David saying something about well nobody 's keeping me from my ironing . |
| 2 | ‘ She 's going to die , and she 's keeping it from me . |
| 3 | That is absolutely incorrect , and I take it that the hon. Gentleman is dissociating himself from Labour Front Bench policy on the Maastricht settlement . |
| 4 | Just one goal in their favour is keeping them from relegation . |
| 5 | Now Koquillion claims he is protecting them from the wrath of his people . |
| 6 | I think any student going through higher education is getting something from it if they come in as some measure sceptical , in some measure critical , that they 're not prepared to take things at face value . |
| 7 | it 's getting it from one place to the next |
| 8 | S what in fact er Mrs said is too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you have to close she really is approaching it from the wrong way , it 's equally too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you need to have open , keep open or open and that is one of the problems which I believe this council and other councils will will face . |
| 9 | It depends who is viewing what from which perspective . |
| 10 | No because what 's stopping it from going on to any erm what 's stopping it from becoming capitalist and |
| 11 | No because what 's stopping it from going on to any erm what 's stopping it from becoming capitalist and |
| 12 | But there are signs that he is distancing himself from the UN . |
| 13 | The rhetoric suggests that the author is distancing himself from antisemitism and from the absurdities of the conspiratorial interpretation of politics . |
| 14 | I do not know whether the Hon. Gentleman is distancing himself from what happened . |
| 15 | I do not know whether that means that he has changed his policy or is distancing himself from the official line of the Labour party on unemployment issues . |
| 16 | Stylistically , Samson is distancing itself from the very audience it should inspire , but by doing so Milton is helping to avoid potential censorship and a silencing altogether . |
| 17 | Ceauşescu 's distancing himself from his fellow countrymen , whether for reasons of security or hygiene , meant that his daily life involved him in regular contact with relatively few people . |
| 18 | All you 're doing is taking them from the objection , which is , well , we 're not prepared to give a decision , take them from that objection to where you want them do it with me , can you do it ? |
| 19 | Tim Severin , a renowned adventurer and author , set off on May 13th on a ‘ China voyage ’ which is taking him from Hong Kong to California on a bamboo raft , and will produce a book of that name , published by Little , Brown , in October 1994 . |
| 20 | This is taking us from the mundane and the ugly and helping us to see something of the reality of the splendour of God in our lives , particularly when we worship Him . |
| 21 | He says that I never feel randy these days , that I 'm ‘ cold ’ , and that the anorexia is stopping my hormones , which he says is stopping me from feeling sexy . |
| 22 | I think the monarchy is stopping us from being a classless society but I ca n't think of one country in the world whether it 's communist , whether it 's a new country like Australia what does n't have the rich , the poor , the upper class and the lower |
| 23 | He 's taking us from the airport to what is locally down as the Darth Vader Hotel . |
| 24 | It is detracting nothing from his ability as a driver to say that his first championship , in I972 , he owed to a markedly superior car . |
| 25 | All that the glass is blocking him from meeting . |
| 26 | He was watching the Headmistress with an exceedingly wary eye and he kept edging farther and farther away from her with little shuffles of his feet , rather as a rat might edge away from a terrier that is watching it from across the room . |
| 27 | ‘ What 's preventing you from being happy ? ’ |
| 28 | The solution to these problems is anticipation , that is preventing them from developing by thinking ahead and taking action early . |
| 29 | Very young babies show rage , turning scarlet in the face and screaming , but only when they become toddlers can they hit out at whoever is preventing them from doing what they want . |
| 30 | Check that the bridge fits snugly back into place and that nothing is preventing it from seating properly ; small gaps at either end of the bridge are common , but the glue will fill these . |