Example sentences of "to stop it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wrap an old sheet around the Christmas tree when you remove it to stop it shedding needles in its wake . |
| 2 | Nathan was still on the coach roof lashing the reefed mainsail to stop it chafing . |
| 3 | So for example when I 've given a pint of blood instead of giving it into a plastic bag with sodium citrate to stop it clotting I 've actually given into a plain glass bottle and when I asked what this for the erm transfusion nurse said that they 're going to let the red cells all clot together at the bottom and use the serum that was left for blood grouping purposes which of course is very important . |
| 4 | If the glider is tipped by a gust it may be difficult , or even impossible , to stop it drifting to one side . |
| 5 | I sweep the rod back as much as I can in the confined space and , although the fish is rather small at about 1¼lb , it kicks up quite a fuss and there is nothing I can do to stop it splashing . |
| 6 | Hold this end of the yarn lightly to stop it jumping off the needles and knit a row . |
| 7 | These may be caustic , such as trichloroacetic acid or phenol , or anti-mitotic ( acting on the virus-infected cell to stop it dividing ) , like podophylline , which is an extract of a fungus . |
| 8 | And , even if they do n't cure cellulite , they should help to stop it getting worse . |
| 9 | I flattened the end of the pin , drilled a hole through it , and tied it to the batten with thin cord , to stop it getting lost . |
| 10 | Ever since the beginning they tried to stop it getting onto the market . |
| 11 | But we were able to stop it getting into the farm house . ’ |
| 12 | It is a good idea to put a tiny piece of Blu Tack beneath the strip at both ends to stop it slipping out of place . |
| 13 | About half the rear of the guitar is covered by shielded black plastic ; this includes the battery compartment which houses a single PP3 battery , wrapped in foam to stop it rattling around . |
| 14 | Spoilers were rigged to its flying surfaces to stop it trying to ‘ fly ’ during the lift . |
| 15 | She returned indoors to fetch stout shoes and anorak , tied a headscarf over her bobbed brown hair to stop it flying about in the wind , and set off down the lane . |
| 16 | At midnight Phyl was still there sewing weights into the gauze curtaining to stop it flapping . |
| 17 | My single bronze maggot bait on a size 20 Kamasan B510 barbless hook is set to trip through the swim one inch off the bottom to stop it dragging in any rubbish . |
| 18 | Firemen secured the bus with ropes to stop it tumbling over the edge before escorting the petrified passengers to safety . |
| 19 | I submerge to re-wet my hair and stamp it down in place to stop it shredding my eyeballs . |
| 20 | Winter water enough to stop it drying out . |
| 21 | Even if your skin 's greasy in summer , you still need the protection of a moisturiser to stop it drying out . |
| 22 | This builds up the muscles which locate the knee joint , helping to stop it moving above and grinding up bits of cartilage . |
| 23 | So , when the needle moves away , you first aim is to try to stop it moving away any more by means of these very small heading changes . |
| 24 | Cut a slit in the other end of the jess so that it will fit through the swivel , and punch a hole at either end to stop it splitting any further . |
| 25 | The Sealink ship they attempted to board , the Nord Pas de Calais , was the same ferry which Greenpeace protesters in inflatable craft had held up for several hours during an attempt to stop it docking at Dover a few days earlier . |
| 26 | There would be a public outcry to stop it happening . |
| 27 | ‘ But such anxiety will not stop it happening if the Soviet Union should ever allow it to happen or be unable to stop it happening ’ . |
| 28 | Yet at that moment in Forres , John Keith tried his best to stop it happening . |
| 29 | What 's the use , for instance , of alarming sixty-odd people with a preview of the Aberfan disaster without telling them where it is , when it is going to happen , or how they can help to stop it happening ? |
| 30 | Mogg and Davidson are wrong in saying that governments are powerless to stop it happening again . |