Example sentences of "[vb past] to prevent [pron] [prep] [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | He really wished to prevent her from discovering life . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But the true reason was that he wanted to prevent me from writing any more good poems about them . ) |