Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] from [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saved my baby from being snatched . ’ |
| 2 | In many cases the becak drivers have put up a fight to prevent their livelihood from being carted off . |
| 3 | Many highly evolved species protect their fry from being eaten , as the parents are more able to drive away a would-be predator . |
| 4 | The Extraditables subsequently claimed that they had decided to spare her life but had been unable to prevent her murder from being carried out . |
| 5 | ANIMAL lover Angela Toller was kicked to death by a herd of cows as she fought to save her pekinese from being trampled underfoot yesterday . |
| 6 | Agit-poppers constantly castigate pop for its dereliction of duty and its straying from being aligned . |
| 7 | It gets its name from being slammed against the bar-top and downed in one go . |
| 8 | Now for Sally the adviser has prevented her electricity from being cut off . |
| 9 | They derive their power from being taken for granted , so that they can do their destructive work without themselves being checked for validity or reality . |
| 10 | Derek refused and they again threatened him that it was the only way to save his sister from being interned and himself from being charged with murder and gunrunning . |
| 11 | The middle-class capitalist required the legitimacy of all his children not only to protect his possessions from being enjoyed by the offspring of other men but to ensure the loyalty of his sons who might be business partners , and of his daughters who might be essential in marriage alliances . |
| 12 | Following the safety line up to your guide boat seems to be the best possibility , but only if the line has not been cut on the sharp edges of the ice , or if the boat tender has not had to release the safety line to keep his boat from being capsized or dragged under the iceberg . |
| 13 | They were good value , because they were in a style that he could wear anywhere and they were strong enough for all his walking and kept his feet from being bruised on the city pavements , for when you walk as much and as far as Boy did at that time you can hurt your feet badly . |
| 14 | In Technograph Printed Circuits Ltd v Chalwyn Ltd [ 1967 ] RPC 339 a restrictive covenant prevented the employee for a period of two years after the end of his employment from being associated with any company in the UK concerned with manufacture of " printed electrical circuits " . |
| 15 | Boyd hastily bent down to rescue his papers from being trampled . |
| 16 | He had n't got creases on his face from being folded up , and he was n't made up of hundreds of tiny dots , but apart from that … |
| 17 | Copyright protects your work from being copied or commercially exploited by someone else without your consent . |
| 18 | Make sure the carrycot cover is fixed firmly in place , to help prevent your baby from being thrown out in the event of a crash . |
| 19 | It was urging people to join a group trying ‘ to prevent our countryside from being turned into a bloodbath for the amusement of the cruel and the wicked ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ We will use tear gas , helicopters — anything we believe is necessary to keep our island from being damaged . ’ |