Example sentences of "stop [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has already stopped me from saving up for a large format SLR camera ; my trusty 35-mm model will do well enough for the closeups of butterflies and flowers that interest me . |
| 2 | Things which , to my mind have been totally illogical — and yet nothing on this earth would have stopped me from doing them . ’ |
| 3 | The state 's farmers and bee-keepers might not have realised that they were coping with an externality , but that had not stopped them from organising a market . |
| 4 | Doors and bolts had been fixed , but in a three-month period it was said that ‘ 14 dozen locks ’ had been broken , the children had burned down the door , and even iron gates had not stopped them from gaining access to the roof and throwing stones on people below . |
| 5 | The same consideration stopped me from butting the animal ; I was n't going to put my face near those teeth . |
| 6 | In fact it was you I think who stopped me from pulling it up , I bought it as a , a stick from Bromley , in Bromley |
| 7 | I wish I had saved the hedgehog now , and not stood aside , and I have been wondering what stopped me from performing a natural act of sentimental kindness . |
| 8 | For 11 years they stopped me from coming back here . |
| 9 | Still , that discovery never stopped me from making another collection of the glistening best ones that same night . |
| 10 | There was something wrong with my mouth , which stopped me from talking properly . |
| 11 | As Reid led the patient with the bloody head indoors , the white man turned to me , almost stopped me from going inside and said in an educated voice , ‘ Good morning , Doctor , and welcome to Koraloona . |
| 12 | Something happened that stopped me from going . |
| 13 | When they returned with one last load Bicker stopped them -from going out for more . |
| 14 | But erm we went into half time , and we were very pleased with the way things had gone , and it was just a case of trying to keep it going erm we stopped them from playing erm and then we came off the second half and everything just seemed to go wrong for us . |
| 15 | Another superb serve led to no more than a defensive return from Sampras and Forget was so confident that the American would not be able to return his first volley that he only just stopped himself from throwing his racket into the air as he started to dance for joy along with the crowd . |
| 16 | He stopped himself from looking at any of them and stuffed them into his waste-paper basket . |
| 17 | He just stopped himself from reacting angrily . |
| 18 | TREE surgeon Robin Teasdill , 34 , stopped himself from bleeding to death by holding the main artery of his leg together for 15 minutes . |
| 19 | Charles just stopped himself from saying ‘ Reet nice ’ . |
| 20 | He just stopped himself from adding , ‘ We were n't looking for anything . ’ |
| 21 | With an effort he stopped himself from adding , ’ I hope ! ’ |
| 22 | Just in time she stopped herself from confiding that she 'd almost forgotten how to dance . |
| 23 | Agnes again stopped herself from yelling , ‘ How do I know ! ’ and she was about to say , ‘ You should have thought about this before , ’ but this would have been a stupid reply , for when that urge was tearing at your body and there was a way of getting rid of it , would one stop to think ? |
| 24 | Pink riding hats , turquoise waistcoats , stetsons ( Jane just stopped herself from asking where the corks were ) and they wore all these glories even when they were mucking out . |
| 25 | Carolyn just stopped herself from saying why . |
| 26 | Not that it stopped her from gobbling up every cultural titbit dropped before her . |
| 27 | Her aggression , so long pent-up , was so intense that , while it lasted , it stopped her from thinking , or worrying , about anything else . |
| 28 | He stopped her from going visiting in the town , and whenever Daniel Marsh was near Nahum became angry , taking it out on the poor , innocent man whose only role in life was to serve . |
| 29 | The outfit may have been grand , but it never stopped her from working . |
| 30 | His hand on the door stopped her from opening it . |