Example sentences of "[modal v] stop [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a report to a plenary meeting of Tsektran in June , he said that trains should stop acting like droshkys , carrying people and goods where they wished for little or no pay . |
| 2 | He should stop trying to misrepresent policies . |
| 3 | Give the board a good jolt and the l.e.d. should stop flashing for another minute . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | People should stop indulging in doom and gloom and , instead , looks to the future . |
| 6 | Conservative Members should stop appearing before the cameras attacking the Labour party 's policies and , instead , start to do their jobs properly , enabling local authorities to provide proper meat inspection facilities in the interests of the community . |
| 7 | In an interview in the Observer , granted in somewhat sinister proximity to the election , the then home secretary questioned the status of Radios 1 , 2 , 3 and 5 ; averred that BBC TV should stop attempting to ‘ do everything ’ ; and advocated a search for additional revenue from subscription and advertising . |
| 8 | Policy-makers should stop fretting about unemployment and the provision of welfare state safety nets and should concentrate on doing whatever was necessary to achieve inflation free economic growth . |
| 9 | We can and often should stop reasoning about art , and go instead to look at a painting , listen to some music , read a poem . |
| 10 | A SFWP statement responded : ‘ Companies engaged in the robbery of our mineral and oil wealth should stop interfering with our democratic system in the hope of increasing their political influence ’ . |
| 11 | Rather than risk losing its MFN position , the Chinese government has clearly thought it expedient to make a good-will gesture to the new Clinton administration , ( though at the same time appending warnings that outsiders should stop interfering in China 's internal affairs . ) |
| 12 | The Manchester City manager insists his counterparts should stop moaning over Kenny Dalglish 's cheque book charge — and accept the Rovers boss has got his priorities right . |
| 13 | He should stop coming to the House pretending to support home-owners when his policies would discriminate against them . |
| 14 | You must stop looking for me … ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If someone gas missing , you must stop thinking about them , you must put them out of your mind . |
| 17 | You must stop participating in their war . ’ |
| 18 | We must stop writing to each other , Donald . |
| 19 | We must stop talking about that . |
| 20 | He must stop dallying with film stars and floozies and get on and find a wife . |
| 21 | Hell , if I was really lucky he might stop talking to me altogether , I thought … but that did n't seem likely . |
| 22 | I also think that before sitting in judgement on Dr Hari 's ‘ uncritical use of the concept of ‘ normality ’ ’ , a social scientist of Dr Oliver 's calibre might stop to think for a moment about the social context in which those remarks were made . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Mark makes an offer ‘ If you give John another six months , I 'll stop cheating on Babur . ’ |
| 25 | " you 'll stop talking as if Toby 's the father . |
| 26 | ‘ Do you need to see the proof that ‘ t is over before you 'll stop lying to me ? ’ he cut her off to demand . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I think I 'll stop going to the shelter . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |