Example sentences of "prevent him [prep] doing " in BNC.
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| 1 | This viewpoint seems to have prevented him from doing more than cast a supercilious eye over the book . |
| 2 | It should be remembered that there are other provisions which could in certain circumstances prevent him from doing so ( see Chapter 5 above ) . |
| 3 | Weakness kept him confined to his room most of the time and an overwhelming sense of guilt , remorse and failure prevented him from doing anything about writing to Liza . |
| 4 | Any irritation Tolkien felt at this appropriation of his own imaginative world did not prevent him from doing his best for the book . |
| 5 | Certainly , the law will not imply a term which prevents him from doing so . |
| 6 | The powerful aggregates industry is already leaning on him hard to prevent him from doing so . |
| 7 | The powerful aggregates industry is already leaning on him hard to prevent him from doing so . |
| 8 | A clip round the ear has more chance of preventing him from doing something a second time than bringing all these other agencies in . |
| 9 | An investor can invest in either domestic securities or foreign securities if there are no foreign exchange control restrictions preventing him from doing so . |