Example sentences of "stop [pers pn] from take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parents with problem children should stop them from taking canned drinks , coloured squash , sweets , biscuits and cake for a week . |
| 2 | He paused , frowning while staring ahead at some of the other riders , then he said , ‘ Excuse me — I must stop them from taking the wrong track . ’ |
| 3 | Did n't stop you from taking her money though , did it ? — Where is it , then ? |
| 4 | The problem is , the problem is though , half the time you put into a situation , where , I , I , I was due er , a week 's holiday , and two weeks previous to that , I was actually changed contract so I was there on this new contract , and in a fortnight I was going to take a holiday , and sort of , well I ca n't stop you from taking your holiday , but you know , it 's , that sort of problem is n't it . |
| 5 | Habitats , there 's enough bloody habitats up and down flowers growing out , I said well I said what 's to stop me from taking a bloody plough and ploughing all the bloody flowers up |
| 6 | Three men were needed to do the actual fitting of the tyre : two holding the tyre after they had taken it out of the oven , and one with a bucket of water to pour on to the felloes to stop them from taking fire as the tyre was clamped on . |
| 7 | When they tried to stop him from taking into the colony a youth from the Political Special Section of the Army First Reserves , he appealed over their heads to the Workers ' and Peasants ' Inspectorate ( Rabkrin ) , which came down on his side . |
| 8 | It is only my subscription to Punch that stops me from taking a midnight walk off the roof . |