Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] kept him out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Likeably laid-back and a philosophic kind of personality , Hastings currently has a crucial priority — recovery from back damage that kept him out of that Second Australian Test . |
| 2 | The won the tournament in 1959 , but was n't able to compete in 1960 due to a serious knee infection that kept him out of action for most of the first half of the season . |
| 3 | But Reid 's fury was outweighed by his concern over Paul Lake , who was carried off after seven minutes with what appeared to be a recurrence of the knee injury that kept him out for two years . |
| 4 | Although he bought Jenny a £2,000 diamond engagement ring and happily re-settled in his Brentford mansion , his scoring prowess deserted him after a vicious tackle by Stoke 's notorious Chris Kamara left McAvennie with a broken leg , an injury that kept him out of first team football for months . |
| 5 | It proved enough for a most handsome victory over decidedly off-colour Ontario and it was an enormous pity that Rod Snow , the dynamic Newfoundland no.8 , sustained a neck injury that kept him out of the final . |
| 6 | Between 1912 and 1928 Lutyens was responsible for redesigning eighty square miles of offices , avenues and palaces in New Delhi to house the British Government in India , an undertaking that kept him out of England for the best part of every winter . |