Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] stop [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I 'll stop going to the shelter . |
| 2 | Mark makes an offer ‘ If you give John another six months , I 'll stop cheating on Babur . ’ |
| 3 | No one would be more grateful than I if I could stop looking at every penny , but you wo n't catch Amsterdam so you might as well stop trying . |
| 4 | Perhaps you can advise me how I can stop thinking about that horrible book . |
| 5 | You must stop participating in their war . ’ |
| 6 | If someone gas missing , you must stop thinking about them , you must put them out of your mind . |
| 7 | You must stop looking for me … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Do you need to see the proof that ‘ t is over before you 'll stop lying to me ? ’ he cut her off to demand . |
| 9 | " you 'll stop talking as if Toby 's the father . |
| 10 | ‘ I wish you 'd stop referring to him as ‘ the boyfriend ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ I wish you 'd stop fiddling with that thing , ’ Gurder said . |
| 12 | ‘ I wish to God you 'd stop staring at me , ’ he said . |
| 13 | But you can still bear those things in mind , just a little bit , and if you do that then there 's no way you could stop learning on the guitar . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Emily ’ she says , ‘ do n't you think you could stop talking for half an hour ? |
| 15 | Afterwards she spent more time than usual on her appearance , determined that from now on she would stop behaving like some Victorian miss with the vapours . |
| 16 | What 's worse , you will stop believing in yourself . |
| 17 | And you can stop wondering about Torvill and Dean 's love life now because they 're both married to other people . |
| 18 | Eighty per cent of the ITV schedule remains untouched so you can stop panicking about your old favourites such as Coronation Street , Home And Away and The Bill . |
| 19 | For if the former , compared to the latter , are indeed quite different types of people , then maybe we should stop looking to our political authorities and criminal justice system for protection from those beneath us in impoverished urban neighbourhoods . |
| 20 | We must stop writing to each other , Donald . |
| 21 | They make their point clearly and forcefully : if we are to take population seriously we must stop thinking on terms of controlling births , and think about the relationships of social power in order to fit the " missing piece " into the population puzzle . |
| 22 | We must stop talking about that . |
| 23 | ‘ We will stop talking about it . ’ |
| 24 | It is no more than a consistent point of view , which has the advantage that , if we accept it , we can stop arguing about whether feelings are causes of actions , and can get on with finding out how our brains work , without fearing that an answer to the question would make free will an illusion . |
| 25 | The leader of the Bosnian Serbs has given an assurance to the United Nations that they 'll stop firing on non-military targets in Sarajevo . |
| 26 | Timbmet are Britain 's second importer of tropical timber — they argue that if any of the companies they buy from are found guilty of illegal logging , they 'll stop trading with them . |
| 27 | On the whole it 's a good idea , there would be more control but at least they 'd stop getting at us |
| 28 | He should stop trying to misrepresent policies . |
| 29 | He should stop coming to the House pretending to support home-owners when his policies would discriminate against them . |
| 30 | He must stop dallying with film stars and floozies and get on and find a wife . |