Example sentences of "[verb] to prevent [pron] from [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ His mother tried to prevent him from having access to the phone but even that did n't stop him . |
| 2 | ‘ Tell me why you tried to prevent me from finding out that I was a Corosini . ’ |
| 3 | In The Young Stepmother ( 1861 ) Charlotte M. Yonge represents Mr Kendal as a positive recluse within his study ; and even when his lively second wife contrives to drive him out of it into her morning-room , she has to prevent him from turning that room too into a ‘ literal boudoir ’ , by which she seems to mean ‘ a place to sulk in ’ . |
| 4 | It is right that in the negotiations , which must remain confidential , they should seek to prevent us from going too far too soon . |
| 5 | They are all cold-pressed virgin oils and should be kept in the dark and refrigerated after opening to prevent them from becoming rancid . |
| 6 | Mainly , the first part provides examples of potential problems occurring in everyday living and what might be done to prevent them from becoming actual problems . |
| 7 | The tears on Cullam 's cheeks awoke in him a nausea and a rage so fierce that it was all he could do to prevent himself from striking him . |
| 8 | She was off-balance — nothing she could do to prevent herself from turning towards him as his grip pulled her in . |
| 9 | Nurses were instructed to prevent them from seeing Earl Spencer as he lay helpless in his private room . |
| 10 | The chair or commode has to be correctly positioned , for instance , and firmly secured to prevent it from slipping away as the patient is moved . |
| 11 | The mains inlet cable must be secured to prevent it from pulling out , and a cable gland or ‘ P ’ clip can be used as normal . |
| 12 | I 'm still doing sex education at schools and look like it 's changing a lot cos there 's a lot more to do there , a lot more emphasis on Aids , that 's why they 've got to ki , teach kids in primary school , we 've got to prevent them from getting a disease . |
| 13 | ‘ This situation has meant me not being able to get the sort of access to my daughter I want because the fact that the interdict is still in place has been used to prevent me from getting increased access . ’ |
| 14 | We must try to prevent him from erring in the first place ; easier said than done ! |
| 15 | Encourage the patient to do the types of activities recommended for him , and try to prevent him from sitting idly , or gazing at the television . |
| 16 | He knew his Val : he had watched her honourably try to prevent herself from adding that last remark . |
| 17 | This system helps to prevent you from getting too close for a normal approach . |
| 18 | The blue was a flyer , wings trimmed to prevent him from going too high in the action ; he got up in a sudden whirr of fury , looking for a brain blow , but gaffing the dun bird in the breast . |
| 19 | Long mike leads need to be properly wired to prevent them from becoming an aerial . |
| 20 | At the same time she handed off a man who was trying to prevent her from leaving . |
| 21 | He really wished to prevent her from discovering life . |
| 22 | Summing up , we are concerned that the recession continued to prevent us from contributing to the funds of the RIBA at the same levels as in 1989 and 1990 and are far from complacent about this situation . |
| 23 | The president and his senior staff shared a fervent conviction that legislators , administrators and the national media were resolutely opposed to all that Richard Nixon stood for and were determined to prevent him from making a reality of his policy intentions . |
| 24 | These are no longer needed and are best killed to prevent them from spreading to the food cupboard , so drop them into the methylated spirits jar . |
| 25 | Outside , running the water into the misshapen saucepan , Sally-Anne found the stench indescribable , so much so that she began a desperate burst of coughing to prevent herself from vomiting . |
| 26 | If you really can only go shopping once a week , you will have to store all you fruit and vegetables in the refrigerator or somewhere cool to prevent them from spoiling . |
| 27 | What more could she say to prevent him from carrying out his plan to move out of the village ? |
| 28 | This explanation is then offered to others with the intention of getting them to agree that circumstances conspired to prevent you from performing with the excellence and flair that you would , in the normal course of events , have displayed . |
| 29 | I do not wish to oppose the previous order , although it is debatable — merely to refer to it in passing , to say that I hope that , when the Select Committee on Health takes evidence on the national health service trusts , no witnesses will be intimidated by threats of disciplinary action intended to prevent them from giving evidence . |
| 30 | But the true reason was that he wanted to prevent me from writing any more good poems about them . ) |