Example sentences of "have [verb] i from [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Natural caution has prevented me from getting anyone into trouble . |
| 2 | I have always been an outsider ; my epilepsy has prevented me from taking part in many normal pursuits such as drinking or dancing , and this has encouraged me to be an individualist in art . |
| 3 | Things which , to my mind have been totally illogical — and yet nothing on this earth would have stopped me from doing them . ’ |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | yes , alright , I , you 'll have to ban me from cutting your loaf , you 'll have to do it , you will . |
| 6 | The book proved very popular but I was left with a nagging regret that my limitations with a camera had prevented me from portraying the district in colour . |
| 7 | I interviewed him when he became First Sea Lord and on one or two other occasions , and I always slightly regretted that my commitment to current affairs had prevented me from taking up Associated Rediffusion 's offer to spend two years with him , at home and abroad , researching and scripting the thirteen programmes they were planning on his Life and Times — a task subsequently and admirably performed by John Terraine . |
| 8 | It was this that had prevented me from resting half a day here or there , from starting late in the morning and from stopping early in the evening . |
| 9 | I could n't see his face any more with its closed , guarded expression which had kept me from going towards him ; now he was just a figure in a doorway , a symbol of home-coming . |
| 10 | ‘ Izz , by your honesty you have saved me from doing something wicked . |
| 11 | ‘ I think it 's prevented me from retreating into ultraspecialist activities . ’ |