Example sentences of "prevent i from [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I interviewed him when he became First Sea Lord and on one or two other occasions , and I always slightly regretted that my commitment to current affairs had prevented me from taking up Associated Rediffusion 's offer to spend two years with him , at home and abroad , researching and scripting the thirteen programmes they were planning on his Life and Times — a task subsequently and admirably performed by John Terraine . |
| 2 | But my other commitments prevent me from turning up to their committee meetings now so erm I 'm sort of stepping back on to I 'm just on to their mailing list . |
| 3 | On the following weekend circumstances prevented me from getting out , but my companions made their way to the site on their own . |
| 4 | I did in fact attempt to return your telephone call , but when I rang you were out , and our current panic ( we 're in the throes of mounting our summer exhibition ) prevented me from getting back to you before your letter reached me . |
| 5 | Modesty prevents me from spelling out which Member introduced it . |
| 6 | ‘ Tell me why you tried to prevent me from finding out that I was a Corosini . ’ |