Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [vb pp] [pers pn] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could never understand why Crusoe left his paradise in the first place ; wild horses would not have dragged me from Juan Fernandez . |
| 2 | But revision would not have saved him from his misunderstandings , his reluctance to think , his complete lack of biological imagination . |
| 3 | Both Mancetter and Oxfordshire are well inland for convenient harbours , but this may not have prevented them from using water-borne transport . |
| 4 | If he is anything like I was when I played my first Masters ( of three ) in 1978 , this limited time will not have prevented him from dreaming of all possible scenarios , from an air shot on the first tee to outright victory by some 10 shots . |
| 5 | ‘ I told him I did and he gave me a look which suggested that I should n't have kept it from him ! ’ |
| 6 | I certainly would n't have guessed it from the way you 've been behaving . |
| 7 | I would n't have expected it from my players and I 'm supposed to set them an example . |