Prevent sering kali diikuti oleh kata sifat kepemilikan (possessive adjective) + gerund atau objek + from + gerund. Prevent juga dapat diikuti oleh gerund secara langsung saat subjek tidak diperlukan. Prevent juga dapat diikuti oleh kata benda.
Contoh
- You can't prevent my leaving.
- You can't prevent me from leaving.
- I want to prevent his getting sick.
- I want to prevent him from getting sick.
- This campaign is designed to prevent drowning.
- Preventing stealing is our main goal this year.
- We are working to prevent forest fires.
- This vaccine will prevent malaria.