Example sentences of "[vb past] not stop [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not stop her knowing that she had made an idiot of herself and upset Harriet Shakespeare , who had enough trouble without that . |
| 2 | The catty among her sisters ( and the hatreds that rive the small band of women MPs have to be experienced to be believed ) called her Angela Brazil , but that did not stop her being the most popular girl in the school . |
| 3 | Paisley was back in prison , this time for his part in the Armagh demonstrations , but that did not stop him characterizing the Cameron Commission as a betrayal of the Ulster people to the rebels . |
| 4 | His prime minister , Mr Mitsotakis , did not stop him , either because he did not know what Mr Samaras was about to do or because he thought he could fudge the issue . |
| 5 | Drummond also , presumably , was not averse to the larger salary which was attached to the superior rank , and his tenderness did not stop him from making the journey to Perth to vote for Argyll 's candidate , when John Murray carried the crucial vote for preses of the Michaelmas head court by a single vote . |
| 6 | Alexander 's interests and those of Athens were thus opposed ( which did not stop him from minting copiously in coinage designed for easy trade with Athens ) , and the opposition was inherited by every Macedonian king till Philip , who ended it by seizing Amphipolis for good . |
| 7 | Thus , for example , Diego Rivera 's membership of the Communist party did not stop him from painting radical murals on the walls of government buildings . |
| 8 | Innocent III spent some months outside Rome , but this did not stop him doing justice . |
| 9 | My dad always used to say that we could not afford lunch , although , I have to say , this did not stop him eating it . |
| 10 | Frank was brought up in the Hollywood studio tradition and expected producers to exert a large amount of control , but Lester 's lack of freedom did not stop him changing parts of the script — including all of Gawford 's scenes — and reducing the number of songs . |
| 11 | But I did not stop him coming back , and do not , I beg of you , ask me to try and explain that . |
| 12 | Fabia gathered that he approved of her walking shoes , but , even so , it did not stop him from warning , somewhat severely , I 'm not turning back in five minutes . ’ |
| 13 | Trained mind I might be supposed to have , but this did not stop me from losing my clothing coupons . |
| 14 | I did not know where I was , but that did not stop me saying , ‘ I 'm here ’ . |
| 15 | The speaker paused in his speech and warned that if they did not stop they would be removed . |
| 16 | There was no way the police could hold Philip Drew , but this did not stop them following him . |
| 17 | These measures may have unsettled the crowds gathering on the campuses but did not stop them . |
| 18 | The Hygiene supervisors felt as though the planes would land on their heads , but this did not stop them carrying out a thorough and hygienic job . |
| 19 | This did not stop them from associating together nor did it stop the spread of a vague common ideology . |
| 20 | However this did not stop us making lists of those quality ‘ prigs ’ we would have liked to eliminate . |
| 21 | Practical inexperience and rare encounters did not stop us talking about boys . |
| 22 | Even when the Senate 's own inquiry reported that his charges were ‘ a fraud and a hoax ’ it did not stop his rocket rise to influence . |
| 23 | With his family , he was a strong supporter of the Shaftesbury Society ( though this did not stop his widow owning a pub next to one of the mills ) . |
| 24 | Souness may have been banished to the stands , but it did not stop his side from assaulting the Russian goal as early as the second minute when Don Hutchison drove Steve McManaman 's cross over . |
| 25 | We were stranded in darkness , but this did not stop my progress , it merely hindered it . |