Example sentences of "[conj] stop it [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever happens work slowly and if the board jams try to find out what is holding it or stopping it moving rather than just forcing it ! |
| 2 | Then it does n't matter so much what you say that stops it walking in front of the bus , it 's actually how you say it . |
| 3 | The move cut across the efforts of SEMS , and stopped it achieving the sales it had hoped for . |
| 4 | They 'll filter out most of the pollen , and stop it getting into the lungs — very important for asthmatics . |
| 5 | The problem in cultivating horseradish is not so much how to make it grow well , as to curb its enthusiasm and stop it taking over the garden . |
| 6 | Very dan very difficult you 've got to take steps of blocking off drains and stopping it getting in the waterways and you , you succeed sometimes , you do n't success on other times and this is why er these accidents happen where all the fish and places die and people get contaminated , cattle get contaminated , all sorts of things . |
| 7 | Fig 31 The board is now well through the turn , and to stop it turning too far , take the weight off the edge and move forwards . |
| 8 | If a Fanatic ends up in front of the unit ( and it probably will ) this effectively pins the unit in place and stops it moving . |
| 9 | Nature backs up helpless reason and stops it going so wildly astray. , How about that rare bird , the man who professes that he is a ‘ complete sceptic ’ ? |
| 10 | But if you 're walking along with a bird on a jess , your movement disrupts it and stops it protecting itself from the wind as it would do naturally . |
| 11 | Since the downfall of military regimes in South America and elsewhere provide clear evidence that no political structure relying solely on coercion can hope to survive for long , we should not be surprised to find that the most effective form of social control involves attempts not to crush opposition but to stop it arising in the first place : that is , by the control of people 's ideas , rather than of their actions . |
| 12 | I was guarding a moving shadow ; trying to prevent something that might not happen , searching for the intention so as to stop it occurring . |