Example sentences of "prevent i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pride will prevent me from receiving God 's forgiveness and mercy , and from transmitting it to others . |
| 2 | Francis added : ‘ The chairman 's main concern is not wanting me to receive a serious injury which might prevent me from managing properly . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ They will also prevent me from selling these pieces for a long time to come ’ , he said . |
| 4 | Which did not prevent me from obtaining very good marks despite not handing in my theory works and the lack of studying before exams . |
| 5 | It may be that you think my association with a certain person will prevent me from doing anything about Geoffrey . |
| 6 | I wanted to tell her that I had told Syl I would n't marry him , but I did n't , for I felt that once I had told Lili she would somehow prevent me from recanting and that , freed from Syl , I should be bound even tighter to my mother . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a sad death , but it will not prevent me from returning to London tomorrow . ’ |
| 8 | As I believe that you both did , when you were my age — if you can remember so far back — but I knew you would prevent me from doing so if I told you the truth . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ How dare you prevent me from making myself really sick , Matthew ? ’ he taunted . |