Example sentences of "[vb infin] stop [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So everybody bar the PE teacher hated me playing football and everything they could do to stop me playing football they did . |
| 2 | Is there anything we can do to stop her doing this ? |
| 3 | Sometimes , when he passed those gigantic hoardings advertising Hollywood films with vast drawings of pouting female lips , it was all he could do to stop himself wanking on the spot . |
| 4 | And there 's not a blind thing you can do to stop them taking |
| 5 | ‘ Something like that , ’ she heard him say quietly , and it was all she could do to stop herself looking amazed . |
| 6 | There was n't the pill in those days and there was simply er really nothing that the woman could do to stop herself getting pregnant . |
| 7 | ‘ There are a lot of other things we can do to stop ourselves thinking about her ! |
| 8 | I sweep the rod back as much as I can in the confined space and , although the fish is rather small at about 1¼lb , it kicks up quite a fuss and there is nothing I can do to stop it splashing . |
| 9 | and then find what it 's what we can do to stop it triggering and carrying that reaction on and on and on and on or turning it back . |
| 10 | PEG : What could I do to stop you troubling ? |
| 11 | Is there anything you can suggest to stop her licking the soil ? |
| 12 | The truth might have stopped him despising her , but it had n't put an end to desire . |
| 13 | Theodora wondered what they should have stopped him doing . |
| 14 | Rogers believes earlier intervention focusing on her glue sniffing could have stopped her becoming a persistent offender . |
| 15 | In December , Mr May operated , but was only able to remove 70pc of the tumour , as to remove anymore would have stopped her breathing completely . |
| 16 | Whereas before the insecurity would have been there , I suppose , that might have stopped me trying things . |
| 17 | Could it have stopped them getting this bad ? |
| 18 | Well the fear of boring you because I 've said it before , I think that either a Trustee made up of an equal balance of members from the various interested groups which is very difficult to achieve in practice and additionally independent trustees certainly in our case , we believe would have stopped it happening because the movements in the direction it went was clear now that we have the information in front of us to the Trustees , it was quite clear what was gon na happen and nothing was done about it . |
| 19 | You seem to have an emotion , that made you resent making a sacrifice to your brother , and , and presumably , would have stopped you making it , if you 'd been free to choose . |
| 20 | But last night Mrs Ralli denied 36-year-old Gilbey had actually booked the cottage and said she was baffled about why he should try to stop her speaking to the Press . |
| 21 | ‘ They ’ really do try to stop us damaging our equipment , do n't they ? |
| 22 | I decided I 'd better go to stop him going on about it . |
| 23 | Engine trouble on the first leg did n't manage to stop him coming in a creditable second . |
| 24 | Everyone agrees the republics need all the parctical help they can get to stop them tearing themselves apart . |
| 25 | See cos very few people will actually say stop I need to speak with independent advise because he 's working in my best interests , where you are entirely with an independent company . |
| 26 | Julia closed her eyes , partly because that was a question she did not want to answer and partly because she thought it might help to stop her flinging her arms around his neck and saying , kiss me , oh please kiss me . |
| 27 | And , even if they do n't cure cellulite , they should help to stop it getting worse . |
| 28 | What 's the use , for instance , of alarming sixty-odd people with a preview of the Aberfan disaster without telling them where it is , when it is going to happen , or how they can help to stop it happening ? |