Example sentences of "[noun] to stop you " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know when there 's like that like a border of virgin snow to stop you , well we went flying into it . |
| 2 | As soon as you get the ball you just run at the goal , the opposition making no attempt to stop you ! |
| 3 | ‘ And when you found out about this new plan of theirs , they kidnapped Liam to stop you telling . ’ |
| 4 | No doubt I ought to have told you it was a trick , but he had made the plan to stop you going to his flat . |
| 5 | Next time a stranger tries to stop you in the street , perhaps you should think twice about looking at the pavement and brushing past . |
| 6 | They have no right to stop you and are likely to co-operate the more you consult with them and keep them informed . |
| 7 | ‘ After the way the Falcone family have treated you , I would say we have no right to stop you if you want to go — and , whatever you decide , I 'll pay you in full . |
| 8 | Sometimes she and Henry sat together in the car , a few streets away from their home , munching chocolate bars , while in the back of the Passat huge cardboard boxes of grains , wholewheat cereal , low-fat spreads and calorie-free , taste-free things to stop you dying of cancer awaited Elinor 's approval . |
| 9 | Not , not , terribly sorry Mrs to stop you in full flow , but we have n't got th this money . |
| 10 | In a well-known collection of essays , New Essays in Philosophical Theology , Antony Flew argues that believers will never answer the question : What event or series of events would provide sufficient evidence against the existence of God to stop you believing ? |
| 11 | Too close and you get swept over the edge except that they usually have some sort of wire-mesh barrier to stop you at the last moment . |
| 12 | I had to rap on the bench to stop you speaking . ’ |
| 13 | I hope and pray that you will win — God willing , you will because you have all the ability in the world — but I have discovered over the last few days that there are people prepared to go to great lengths to stop you . |
| 14 | The Vadinamians do n't care what you bring in — but they 'll go to any lengths to stop you taking things out that you should n't take . |
| 15 | You had bitter aloes painted onto your fingernails to stop you biting them . |
| 16 | Just the thing to stop you from dropping down dead after strutting your stuff to the latest chart topper ! |
| 17 | Just the thing to stop you from dropping down dead after strutting your stuff to the latest chart topper ! |
| 18 | Keeping your house clean was now seen , probably rightly , as a plot by men to stop you doing anything more interesting . |
| 19 | I could al , soon ask mum to stop you from going in my room if I wanted to . |
| 20 | He told Black : ‘ I pronounce this sentence with regret , but the only way to stop you driving is to put you behind bars . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm terribly glad I was in time to stop you , Miss Clinton , ’ Jenny said earnestly . |