Example sentences of "stop it [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll filter out most of the pollen , and stop it getting into the lungs — very important for asthmatics . |
| 2 | How do you stop it getting into the environment , because if you hose it down it will wash down into the drains wo n't it ? |
| 3 | The only small quibbles I have are the shape of the zip pullers , which sometimes dig into hips when a rucksack 's carried , the lack of a horizontal chest pocket to take a map ( very useful when navigating in poor weather ) and a wired hood , which would stop it falling over the eyes at inconvenient moments . |
| 4 | Very dan very difficult you 've got to take steps of blocking off drains and stopping it getting in the waterways and you , you succeed sometimes , you do n't success on other times and this is why er these accidents happen where all the fish and places die and people get contaminated , cattle get contaminated , all sorts of things . |
| 5 | The aim is to scrutinize it with a view to stopping it coming through the door next time . |
| 6 | Hold this end of the yarn lightly to stop it jumping off the needles and knit a row . |
| 7 | Ever since the beginning they tried to stop it getting onto the market . |
| 8 | But we were able to stop it getting into the farm house . ’ |
| 9 | Firemen secured the bus with ropes to stop it tumbling over the edge before escorting the petrified passengers to safety . |
| 10 | Endill watched Tock make a hole in the wall , holding his hammer with both hands to stop it banging in the wrong place . |
| 11 | Since the downfall of military regimes in South America and elsewhere provide clear evidence that no political structure relying solely on coercion can hope to survive for long , we should not be surprised to find that the most effective form of social control involves attempts not to crush opposition but to stop it arising in the first place : that is , by the control of people 's ideas , rather than of their actions . |
| 12 | They put the catapult into position and placed wooden blocks in front of the wheels to stop it rolling into the sea . |
| 13 | The Earth was pushing up on it to stop it falling through the ground . |
| 14 | PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin yesterday seized control of the Russian media to stop it falling under the control of hardliners opposed to him as the constitutional crisis deepened . |