Example sentences of "stop [art] [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the fear of frightening off investors that has stopped the government investing in water quality . |
| 2 | It would n't have stopped the rope going round their necks ! ’ |
| 3 | We had to put it in erm oh what did we call it oh dear a little vice and er put a ball , about three inches long and then er put it into the plug and erm put the cap , the little brass cap but also the I 've made a mistake there , before we did that we had to put the natural plug in and in that plug there were five like aluminium coloured er pins , each of a different size and we had to learn to read the key for the various depths you see and we had boxes of pins with the different sizes in and er then put those in the plug and then push the key in and but we 'd got to , we got to file , we had to file the bars and also the little brass caps to get all the edge the , I forget what we used to call it now , off the cap to get it smooth and then get it in our own vice and screw , screw them down and there were thirty two , there were three key keys to each , each lock , and er we had to file them until they were ready and they worked easily push the key in properly , and we also used to put black lead in , you could not put oil because they would have stopped the springs working and we had a little box of ordinary oh like the black lead that we used to black lead the graves , put some on the key and push that then and work it round , and that was the erm that was made it work freely you see and then there was erm a half a gross to each board , and three , three keys to each one and then erm we , we filed the various things ourselves , but then they would take that away from you and bring you more you see and then when eventually the keys had to be polished and it was only a favourite few that were allowed to sit down to sort the keys out to com to complete them you see , but it was very very interesting work and I enjoyed being there but you |
| 4 | The three-man gang , wearing uniforms and driving a car with a blue flashing light , stopped the lorry heading for Dover on the A2 near Cobham , Kent . |
| 5 | Greenpeace has : Stopped the French testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere . |
| 6 | If something stopped the star going in , it 'll stop us . |
| 7 | I stopped the police banging down your door earlier out of respect to you . |
| 8 | Thor cornered a knife-wielding miscreant in a small wood and , when joined by handler Derek Williams , stopped the ne'er-do-well stabbing his human mate several times . |
| 9 | Closed doors stopped the fire taking over the whole building in Borough Road . |
| 10 | Ministers stopped the force contributing to this article , which suggests they are not as confident as they should be about its achievements . |
| 11 | On one occasion , the RUC stopped a bus containing members of a Protestant apprentice boys band , 30 miles from the largely Catholic town where it was their intention to march . |
| 12 | ‘ So you stop the market-makers dealing with each other . ’ |
| 13 | Stop the others crowding round . " |
| 14 | As the right hon. and learned Member for Surrey , East ( Sir G. Howe ) advised everyone in the Financial Times last week , ’ There is nothing to prevent a group of countries pressing on with a separate Treaty The fact is that we can not , even if we wished , stop the others going ahead . ’ |
| 15 | When you have turned completely , stop the board turning by bringing the rig back to the middle . |
| 16 | Just stop the bitch flickerin' so . |
| 17 | Mm stop the shoulders aching I would think . |
| 18 | The palliative for drinking water supplies is to dose the water supply with calcium carbonate ( lime ) to raise the pH ( that is , reduce the acidity ) and stop the lead dissolving . |
| 19 | When beating the sideways force of the wind is at a maximum and so we need the daggerboard right down to get a good grip on the water and stop the boat drifting sideways . |
| 20 | I said well will you please stop the girls saying the use of portable telephones are not permitted |
| 21 | They begin by asking the question : in the period immediately following a defection , what would stop the firms getting together and , instead of actually carrying out the punishment , agreeing to reinstitute the collusive agreement ? |
| 22 | I am told that a modification is being worked on that will stop the engine rotating in the glide . |
| 23 | Cos we just got a real fright when we could n't stop the water pouring out . |
| 24 | Some people think that holding the wing down or putting a tyre on the wing will stop the glider blowing over . |
| 25 | Right , that 's the next one , right , we also need chest movement right what , what can stop the chest moving ? |
| 26 | Meanwhile , the US Congress is expected to pass a resolution which could stop the US importing fish from whaling nations . |
| 27 | I 'd stop the ink coming off on your hands |
| 28 | Even deliberate disruption will not stop the country hearing this . |
| 29 | HOW CAN I STOP THE PROBLEM COMING BACK ? |
| 30 | In Weekes v Gallard ( 1869 ) 21 LT 655 , the fact that a property had been valued too low did not stop the court ordering specific performance of the contract of sale at that low valuation . |