In this post, we explore the passive + prepositional phrase with gerund complement: ‘Be banned from doing‘
For example:
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