After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.
I would have visited you but for my father's ill health. This means that my

• A.father's ill health would have made me to visit you
• B.father's ill health prevented me from visting you
• C.father's threatened to fall ill if I visited you
• D.father did not fall ill, so I couldn't visit you