Example sentences of "[not/n't] prevent [pron] [prep] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But like so many of his contemporaries , he had a selective vision of who " the people " were which did not prevent him from referring on occasion , like Burke , to the " swinish multitude " . |
| 2 | His loyalty had stood him in good stead after the restoration , and he was now a commissioner of police for religious conformity — a post which did not prevent him from working in any other area which Horemheb , through the king , saw fit to appoint him to . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's a sad death , but it will not prevent me from returning to London tomorrow . ’ |
| 4 | She could not prevent herself from saying in a doubtful voice , ‘ You will be careful when you go to bed , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 5 | But this did not prevent it from acting as an effective agency of government . |
| 6 | If Hilary Robarts thinks she has been libelled and seeks redress I ca n't prevent her from going to law . ’ |
| 7 | Acid rose in her throat and , even though she knew her anger was , in truth , directed at Marianne , she could n't prevent it from spilling into her words . |
| 8 | Normally Rory despised sarcasm , but right now she could n't prevent it from creeping into her voice . |
| 9 | Oh that need n't prevent you from backing in er backing into it when he turns round . |