Example sentences of "prevent her [prep] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing which was missing was the recognised transport qualification , a Certificate of Professional Competence , so , determined not to let this official piece of paper prevent her from doing the job she undertook a study course and was soon legally qualified to run the fleet . |
| 2 | FitzAlan could prevent her from seeing the Queen … confine her somewhere in Winchester … |
| 3 | Melody 's delight and incredulity were genuine , but it did not prevent her from taking the food and drink from his hands and bolting it as though she were starving . |
| 4 | Her mother said it was stimulating to be upset , and maybe it was , but that did n't prevent her from preferring the solace of the old wisdom . |
| 5 | But his ex-wife believes he would prevent her from visiting the grave . |
| 6 | ‘ Pleased to meet you , dear , ’ said Mrs Miller , who was endowed with so many rolls of fat that her stomach almost prevented her from reaching the counter . |
| 7 | Only her resolve not to irritate him prevented her from letting the scissors stray towards his temptingly close ears , and she swallowed hard on the furious retort which jumped to her lips . |
| 8 | Yet a combination of gut anti-European prejudice and some strange part-ideological , part-mystical belief in a largely bogus economic sovereignty ( witness the events of last week ) prevents her from taking the one step which would give credibility to the fight against inflation . |
| 9 | These constitutional provisions had previously been called into question during a highly controversial case in February 1992 when the High Court in Dublin prevented a 14-year-old girl and her family from procuring an abortion or from leaving Ireland for nine months , even though she had repeatedly threatened to commit suicide ; the order preventing her from leaving the country was subsequently lifted after an appeal based on recognition of the equal rights of mother and child and the right to freedom of movement within the EC [ see p. 38780 ] . |
| 10 | Theda blanched even paler , a wicked flash and an ominous rumble preventing her from hearing the curse that issued from Mr Beckenham 's lips . |
| 11 | As she set it down the T'ang stood and , reaching across , put his hand over hers , preventing her from lifting the kettle . |
| 12 | The impact flung Donna forwards in her seat , the safety belt preventing her from hitting the windscreen . |