Sentence examples for bars me from inspiring English sources

What's more, Cadmus has handed down the privilege of kingship to his grandson Pentheus, who, as I see it, wages war on god— he bars me from the honors owed to me and never names me in his prayers.

So it doesn't look hopeful for Mum, whose Christmas wish was a copy of John Eliot Gardner's new book on Bach (my no-chains rule bars me from our local Waterstone's), or for my three-year-old son, who has his heart set on an Octopod (hideous, orange plastic, £39.99 from Sainsbury's).

This bars me from the perspectives of people who speak no English and feel uncomfortable with foreigners- usually the unemployed and landless, those without formal education or financial resources.

As though they were barring me from Heaven.

They tried to de-bar me from working in law.

She told reporters in Hong Kong: "The Chinese government has barred me from the competition for political reasons.

There were three tills, but as the warehouse was empty bar me, there was no queue.

She even barred me from spraying the whipped-cream smiley faces on the chocolate-chip pancakes.

My shyness once more barred me from contact with human beings.

I'm in Hong Kong, but the Chinese government has barred me from getting the next flight to Sanya for Miss World.

The only thing he seemed sure about was that my age – 19 – barred me from becoming a politician.