Example sentences of "from [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heseltine brushed aside attacks on his ‘ socialist ’ policies by pointing out that this had not prevented the Prime Minister from including him in her Cabinet . |
| 2 | I could not prevent my father from tricking him into marrying me instead of Rachel . |
| 3 | This means that they must refrain from instructing him about what he is to do … " ( p. 295 ) . |
| 4 | The costs of treating Richard in this fashion were far greater than the gains to be made from keeping him in suspense about his future . |
| 5 | A DUBLIN-BASED policeman has won a legal battle to prevent the Garda Commissioner from dismissing him from the force for allegedly offering a prostitute IR£30 for sex . |
| 6 | Apart from loving him to distraction it was one of the reasons she was still here . |
| 7 | If this is proved , the court makes a preliminary order , called a ‘ receiving order ’ , which protects the debtor 's property and prevents creditors from suing him without the leave of the court . |
| 8 | ( a ) Children in need Section 20(1) requires every local authority : to provide accommodation for any child in need within their area who appears to them to require accommodation as a result of : ( a ) there being no person who has parental responsibility for him ; ( b ) his being lost or having been abandoned ; or ( c ) the person who has been caring for him being prevented ( whether or not permanently , and for whatever reason ) from providing him with suitable accommodation or care . |
| 9 | Apart from terrifying him into submission , there is no surefast remedy to make him comply with your wishes . |
| 10 | Not that his pursuers would be distracted from finding him by such petty secrecy . |
| 11 | What his countrymen did not deserve was being prevented from ousting him after his second term of office . |
| 12 | His appearance was a stark reminder that although a fortnight ago he had distracted her from telling him about Thomas — or maybe she had chickened out ? — the revelation had to be faced . |
| 13 | Just before the accident , he had snatched his favourite toy from his brother and had been stopped by his mother from hitting him over the head . |