Example sentences of "n't prevent [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now she began to wonder about that ; it could n't simply be because she 'd disliked him , since she 'd disliked clients before , but that had n't prevented her from giving them the same professional treatment she gave to everyone . |
| 2 | Dislike might be bubbling inside her like bitter acid , but it had n't prevented her from doing a good job . |
| 3 | The installer had come highly recommended , but that had n't prevented him from installing our boiler without one ! |
| 4 | It was too late , I could n't prevent myself from eidetiking Mr Broadhurst 's unusual caduceus , the one he had made out of an old TV aerial garnished with flex , and I could n't prevent myself from reading on : |
| 5 | It was too late , I could n't prevent myself from eidetiking Mr Broadhurst 's unusual caduceus , the one he had made out of an old TV aerial garnished with flex , and I could n't prevent myself from reading on : |
| 6 | We got on very well together and when after only two months with the company my immediate boss — the marketing manager , a sallow individual with a Solihull whine — suffered a perforated ulcer ( I could n't prevent myself from eidetiking this , the wall of his duodenum like a rusty car door , sharp flakes of oxidised tissue spearing into him ) , I got his job . |
| 7 | A short time later he could n't prevent himself from asking whether she did n't love him just a little . |
| 8 | An American actor called Spalding Gray had a bit part , but this did n't prevent him from developing a one-man act about the making of the film called Swimming to Cambodia which was made into a film in 1987 , directed by Jonathan Demme . |
| 9 | He underwent a minor operation on his elbow during the summer , but that did n't prevent him from fulfilling a fitness programme with the new season in mind . |
| 10 | It did n't prevent him from running a successful office , despite the lack of support from some staff ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If Hilary Robarts thinks she has been libelled and seeks redress I ca n't prevent her from going to law . ’ |
| 13 | She could n't prevent herself from bursting out laughing . |
| 14 | ‘ And missed Nicole 's visit ? ’ she could n't prevent herself from asking any more than she could prevent the edge that had entered her voice . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Normally Rory despised sarcasm , but right now she could n't prevent it from creeping into her voice . |
| 17 | Oh that need n't prevent you from backing in er backing into it when he turns round . |