Example sentences of "restrain [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other girls , knowing quite well that she had done it for the benefit of one Geoffrey A. Machin , were shocked and admiring , but the convention restrained them from expressing either shock or admiration . |
| 2 | Richmann 's scowl deepened , but he restrained himself from snapping an answer back at the General . |
| 3 | It was with difficulty that Greg restrained himself from saying ‘ What ! ’ , but knowing that his colleague would assume that he was being told he was about to become an unmarried father , and spread it , he said in the same world-weary voice : ‘ That 's very interesting . ’ |
| 4 | Jane restrained herself from inquiring what she had done with it , for she sensed a field telegraph situation , so forced herself to be polite . |
| 5 | She restrained herself from reacting , except with a smile , which he returned . |
| 6 | She restrained herself from pinching another soldier . |
| 7 | Friends of Piatakov restrained him from time to time lest Lenin discover the truth . |
| 8 | For , after all , it was not humility that restrained her from believing herself to be at first sight infinitely interesting , for she believed herself to be the equal even of Clelia Denham : it was simply a deference to the law of probability . |
| 9 | Mind you , I have an idea that this would be good to use as a weaving yarn , but I restrained myself from buying any — I have enough cones in the cupboard , thank you very much . |
| 10 | His gaze was fastened on his daughter 's last careful steps down the stairs , as if he could barely restrain himself from running forward to hold out a hand to her . |
| 11 | Noticing a badly dressed woman while driving in Knightsbridge , she ca n't restrain herself from rolling down the window and crying out ‘ Why ? ’ in sheer exasperation . |
| 12 | After this ( but only ‘ when she was in any company ’ ) she could not restrain herself from saying , ‘ It is full merry in Heaven ’ . |
| 13 | The brisk social wind that had driven her lightly from guest to guest had dropped , stilled by telephonic contact with the tiny scratching clicking silence of the voiceless house of the long ordeal of her childhood : she found herself becalmed , for a whole dull stretch , talking to old Peter Binns , a charming old boy , but a bore , and so slow of speech that Liz could hardly restrain herself from finishing all his ponderous sentences . |
| 14 | When Ariel saw how the incomers failed to meet indigo 's exacting standards of care , she could not restrain herself from offering her expertise ; she tended , restaked , pruned and watered the trampled shrubberies of Sycorax , teaching the English how to cultivate the precious dye . |
| 15 | She had n't eaten the spinach , and in doing so created a martyrdom ; now she must restrain herself from the agonizing satisfaction of telling Maman all the truth , thus getting Aunt Tossie into dreadful trouble . |
| 16 | George Wigg 's enthusiasm , however , could not restrain him from pursuing a more general , and indeed very vindictive , course in relation to Profumo 's statement . |
| 17 | I could not restrain myself from hastening to view one of those Druid circles , of which there are so many in the Isle of Lewis ; that given in the small vignette is the first one I reached . |
| 18 | Indeed , South Africans had to openly restrain themselves from cheering for Will Carling 's heroes . |
| 19 | In an action for breach of an agreement embodied in a Tomlin order the plaintiff was granted an injunction against the defendants restraining them from ‘ selling disposing or otherwise dealing with seeking to sell dispose or deal with ’ property of which they owned the freehold . |
| 20 | The plaintiff , acting under section 222 of the Local Government Act 1972 ‘ to promote or protect the interests of the inhabitants in its area , ’ brought an action for declarations that the dock company and its sublessees operating in the port had created a public nuisance and it sought injunctions restraining them from permitting heavy goods vehicles coming to and from the port between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m . |
| 21 | And then , restraining himself from a farewell blast on the Dixie horn , he 'd set out for Liston Hall . |
| 22 | She must also have been quite a handful judging by Coward 's ironic telegram to a Broadway manager requesting 58 per cent of the gross for the task of restraining her from being ‘ Grock , Beatrice Lillie , Theda Bara , Mary Pickford and Bert Lahr all at once . ’ |
| 23 | Southampton 's magistrates lifted an order temporarily restraining him from entering any Indian restaurant , imposed after he used threatening behaviour in a local tandoori . |
| 24 | Becky Blandford , who married the heir to the Blenheim Palace estate in 1990 , obtained injunctions restraining him from violence , from coming to her home and from removing their son , George . |
| 25 | Becky Blandford , who married the heir to the Blenheim Palace estate in 1990 , obtained injunctions restraining him from violence , from coming to her home and from removing their son , George . |
| 26 | If I may speak as one who has heard all the centenary lectures and restraining myself from being invidious , I will merely say : George , it was an admirable centenary lecture , and the huge spinning top of words , despite its complexity , kept the patterns clear and sharp and arguable . |
| 27 | Before the meeting , Mr Russell , one of the four executives , issued a writ against the other original shareholders , claiming an injunction to restrain them from voting on the resolution . |
| 28 | For example , in one case the government sought an interim injunction to restrain a drug company from disobeying a statutory order regulating the price it could charge the NHS for its drugs ; and in a recent series of cases local authorities have sought interim injunctions against traders to restrain them from opening their businesses on Sunday in breach of Sunday trading laws . |
| 29 | The plaintiffs sought an injunction against the members of the national executive of the union to restrain them from inducing or procuring their members not to use PA copy . |
| 30 | An injunction to restrain them from persuading their members not to play there was refused . |