BE + banned from + VERB-ing – English Grammar Profiler
In this post, we explore the passive + prepositional phrase with gerund complement: ‘Be banned from doing‘
For example:
I was banned from seeing her.
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You‘re banned from busking.
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In the English Vocabulary Profile, ‘ban’ is listed at B2:
VERB [T usually passive] (-nn-)
to forbid something, especially officiallyNOUN [C]
an official order that prevents something from happening
An iWeb search for:
_VB banned from _VVG
1 WAS BANNED FROM DRIVING 327 2 BE BANNED FROM USING 156 3 BE BANNED FROM ENTERING 148 4 BEEN BANNED FROM DRIVING 148 5 BEEN BANNED FROM ENTERING 103 6 BE BANNED FROM DRIVING 95 7 ARE BANNED FROM USING 94 8 WAS BANNED FROM ENTERING 90 9 ARE BANNED FROM ENTERING 69 10 BEEN BANNED FROM USING 69 11 BE BANNED FROM PLAYING 63 12 WAS BANNED FROM USING 58 13 BEEN BANNED FROM ATTENDING 51 14 WERE BANNED FROM ENTERING 51 15 ARE BANNED FROM DRIVING 49 16 WAS BANNED FROM PLAYING 47 17 BE BANNED FROM COMPETING 46 18 BE BANNED FROM PARTICIPATING 46 19 BE BANNED FROM ATTENDING 42 20 BE BANNED FROM SELLING 42 21 BE BANNED FROM TAKING 42 22 BEEN BANNED FROM PLAYING 42 23 IS BANNED FROM ENTERING 41 24 WERE BANNED FROM PLAYING 41 25 BE BANNED FROM OWNING 39 26 ARE BANNED FROM TEXTING 36 27 WERE BANNED FROM USING 36 28 WAS BANNED FROM OWNING 35 29 BE BANNED FROM WORKING 33 30 BEING BANNED FROM DRIVING 32 31 BEING BANNED FROM USING 31 32 IS BANNED FROM OWNING 31 33 WAS BANNED FROM SPEAKING 30 34 BEEN BANNED FROM TAKING 29 35 WERE BANNED FROM ATTENDING 29 36 BE BANNED FROM MAKING 28 37 WAS BANNED FROM PERFORMING 28 38 WAS BANNED FROM ATTENDING 27 39 WAS BANNED FROM WORKING 27 40 BE BANNED FROM BUYING 26 41 BE BANNED FROM POSTING 26 42 BEEN BANNED FROM KEEPING 26 43 BEEN BANNED FROM OWNING 26 44 WERE BANNED FROM WORKING 26 45 BEEN BANNED FROM VISITING 25 46 BEEN BANNED FROM COMPETING 24 47 BEEN BANNED FROM WEARING 24 48 BEEN BANNED FROM WORKING 24 49 IS BANNED FROM DRIVING 24 50 WAS BANNED FROM COMPETING 24 51 ARE BANNED FROM ATTENDING 23 52 ARE BANNED FROM MAKING 23 53 BEING BANNED FROM PLAYING 23 54 IS BANNED FROM POSSESSING 23 55 IS BANNED FROM USING 23 56 WAS BANNED FROM RUNNING 23 57 WERE BANNED FROM COMPETING 23 58 BEEN BANNED FROM LEAVING 22 59 BEEN BANNED FROM OPERATING 22 60 WAS BANNED FROM MAKING 22 61 WAS BANNED FROM WEARING 22 62 BE BANNED FROM KEEPING 21 63 BE BANNED FROM RUNNING 21 64 BE BANNED FROM SPEAKING 21 65 BE BANNED FROM VISITING 21 66 BEEN BANNED FROM MAKING 21 67 WAS BANNED FROM HOLDING 21 68 WAS BANNED FROM TAKING 21 69 ARE BANNED FROM TAKING 20 70 BE BANNED FROM RETURNING 20 71 BE BANNED FROM TRAVELLING 20 72 BEEN BANNED FROM TRAVELLING 20 73 BEING BANNED FROM ENTERING 20 74 WAS BANNED FROM KEEPING 20 75 WAS BANNED FROM PARTICIPATING 20 76 BE BANNED FROM HOLDING 19 77 BEEN BANNED FROM FLYING 19 78 WERE BANNED FROM TAKING 19 79 WERE BANNED FROM WEARING 19 80 ARE BANNED FROM WEARING 18 81 BEEN BANNED FROM GOING 18 82 BEEN BANNED FROM PERFORMING 18 83 WAS BANNED FROM GOING 18 84 ARE BANNED FROM PLAYING 17 85 ARE BANNED FROM SELLING 17 86 BEEN BANNED FROM CONTACTING 17 87 BEEN BANNED FROM PARTICIPATING 17 88 BEEN BANNED FROM SELLING 17 89 BEEN BANNED FROM SPEAKING 17 90 WAS BANNED FROM VISITING 17 91 WERE BANNED FROM PARTICIPATING 17 92 WAS BANNED FROM FLYING 16 93 WAS BANNED FROM SELLING 16 94 WERE BANNED FROM DRIVING 16 95 BE BANNED FROM GOING 15 96 BE BANNED FROM PURCHASING 15 97 BEEN BANNED FROM ACCESSING 15 98 ARE BANNED FROM FLYING 14 99 BE BANNED FROM WEARING 14
100 BEEN BANNED FROM RUNNING 14