If my ignorance and self-induced blindness hardly constituted bliss, they probably prevented me from suffering a heart attack before we crossed the finish line.
I think the only thing that prevented people from suffering as a result of the cold was down to how tightly packed in we were.
Williams prevented David Cone from suffering a loss, but no matter whether the veteran right-hander was charged with the defeat, he would've felt good about the way he pitched tonight, in his third start of the season.
And only Lloris prevented Spurs from suffering a heavier defeat.
The extraordinary attention to detail prevented him from suffering from too much nervousness.
When the animals spent a lot of time chewing, they probably produced a lot of saliva that buffered the rumen pH and prevented them from suffering from subacute ruminal acidosis.
Contrary to the claims of John Judis, George Packer, and others, neither Reagan's thematic message nor his populist rhetoric prevented him from suffering politically as a result of the 1981-1982 recession.
Aided by the fact that New Zealand introduced conscription in August 1916, the continuous supply of reinforcements prevented it from suffering the reduction in the number of battalions that affected the British and Australian divisions as their manpower reserves dried up.
You have prevented it from suffering the hardships of a life on the streets it was never suited to survive.
