Example sentences of "stop it [prep] " in BNC.

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1 She did get out of his car without a word when he stopped it outside her address — but so did he .
2 It brought forth a flood of French until Jenna stopped it with a rather desperate admission that she did not speak the language .
3 Woolley stopped it with his fork .
4 it was a it was full pass inside to two fullbacks er , for the Southampton player that was running on this fullback shaded it away you know , guiding him out of it , he 's running to the e sa Smeichel came out to the edge of the area but he was like right on the edge as the player was coming to him , so he just let it roll a little bit further , he stopped it with his foot , the guy came and tackled him off got it instead of just picking it up with his hand , I mean he was actually in the area but like he was right on the edge and he took a step back
5 and stopped it with his foot .
6 The man came back from the bank in a van and the other men stopped it at the gate and grabbed the money . ’
7 Rust manoeuvred his wheelchair out from behind the desk and stopped it in the centre of the room .
8 They stopped it in the end did n't they ?
9 I blame both local councillors in Scotland and Scottish Members of Parliament , from both sides of the House , who were stupid enough to allow revaluation in Scotland to continue after the English stopped it in 1973 .
10 I think it was alright , I think we stopped it in time did n't we ?
11 The booms , which were due to be removed yesterday absorbed the oil spillage and stopped it from flowing downstream .
12 But it stopped it like that , it was only just smouldering you know .
13 The Post Office has promised to unravel this confusion several times and stop it to the point of taking special care to check mail to The Groves .
14 Stop it at once , Junior , ’ she said .
15 Stop it at once ! ’
16 Stop it at once ! ’
17 Stop it at once . ’
18 Not to say , ‘ I ca n't do it or I ca n't remember it ’ , but stop it for a bit and then go back to it , and then you 'll find you 've got it .
19 at eight weeks , say they stop it by erm
20 Er Lewis and Ramprakash there , so the umpire 's view is somewhat impeded , Lawrence in from the pavilion end , bowls to , oh the full length , and he 's off the mark with four , steers that down to deep third man , there is no deep third man , and er he indulges in a little token trot to the other end , but no one was going to chase that or , or stop it by any stretch of imagination , four , the total a hundred and sixteen for three .
21 No plant matter is actively used in the construction of the nest , but it may be used indirectly to anchor the nest and stop it from floating away .
22 Dissolves stop it from sucking the liquid back again .
23 Stop it from getting in … ’
24 The criminals find their way round something and then the , then the alarm companies stop it from happening .
25 But you were too young to realise just how much work you have to put in at that stage of building up a business , how much effort it takes to hold the whole thing together and stop it from collapsing around you . ’
26 We had to like tell her about five times so they knew it was n't our room as we like took this guy in it was like books , everything was , there was so much crap on the floor , we had to get through to get to the radiator so that our next door neighbour could try and like stop it from leaking .
27 Does he agree that to propose such a policy at this time is the economics of the mad house and that the Labour party should stop it at once ?
28 enough it might have just about finished , I think we 'll stop it at that then
29 ‘ … they could n't stop it by confiscating Highlander .
30 It 's blood that 's being lost at a high rate , it 's dangerous whatever ver vessel it 's coming from , so you will stop it by pad , pressure and elevation , you will attempt to reduce the loss of blood and assist the formation of a clot , once you 've assisted in the formation of a clot , by putting the pad on it , would it be sensible to have a little peak to see how it 's doing ?
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