Sentence examples for tries to prevent a from inspiring English sources

An F.B.I. agent tries to prevent a woman from being killed.

10 P.M. (FX) ARCHER In the first part of the Season 3 finale Archer tries to prevent a catastrophe aboard the space station.

The Victorian police detective Thomas Pitt tries to prevent a ruthless leader of a secret society from acquiring an important seat in Parliament.

(Paramount, Blu-ray $39.99, standard definition $29.99, R) FROM PARIS WITH LOVE A swaggering American agent (John Travolta) enlists the help of an American embassy employee (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) as he tries to prevent a terrorist attack in Paris.

The Yemen quandary reflects the uncertainty the administration faces as it tries to prevent a repeat of the Dec. 25 attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner by a Nigerian man trained in Yemen.

Moments of cruelty surface regularly: an elderly woman is socked in the jaw as she tries to prevent a young man from being abducted; a nail is driven into a torture victim's collarbone.

In "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (1949), at 10 15, Wayne plays an aging officer who tries to prevent an Indian battle in the days before his retirement.

He said the investigation would look for "root causes" to try to prevent a repetition.

If you are trying to prevent a virus from spreading, you had better do so quickly.

Hiroki Kuroda will start Sunday and try to prevent a Boston sweep.

He fouled out in the fourth, trying to prevent a Gallinari layup.