Example sentences of "[conj] keep [pron] from [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But our deepest fears should be reserved for everything that keeps us from becoming more human , more personal , or more spiritual . |
| 2 | And I suppose developing the muscles that keep you from dropping over it 's pro ca n't be , ca n't be a bad thing . |
| 3 | providing tension to the girders ( bones ) and cables ( tendons ) that keep us from crumpling to the ground at any instant . |
| 4 | When she was released she had gained some weight , but it was fear of rehospitalisation rather than a true recovery that kept her from losing all the weight again . |
| 5 | Anything that kept her from running into Nicolo Sabatini was absolutely fine , which was why she had been delighted a few mornings later at the breakfast-table when he 'd told her he would be away for a few days . |
| 6 | reverse the order of the columns and listen to each pair of sentences ( helps flexibility and keeps you from getting into a rut ) |
| 7 | His view was that Hollywood could never make such a picture ‘ simply because in all America you could hardly collect a hundred actors and put them in a picture and keep them from acting ’ . |
| 8 | Because they 're frightened we will reveal their rottenness to the people , they 're frightened that we will reveal the truth to the people , and once the truth is revealed to the people they wo n't be able to cow them and keep them from making a free society , a society of human beings . |
| 9 | I gave him a hard releasing shove in the general direction of Sam , Perkin and an open-mouthed Gareth and at last watched a dozen restraining hands clutch and keep him from destroying himself entirely , but he struggled against them and turned his vindictive face my way and shouted in still exploding rage , ‘ I 'll kill you . ’ |
| 10 | She twisted her face away and kept herself from crying out . |