Example sentences of "to stop it from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , he might spread the front of the shirt across his body to stop it from slipping down his arm . |
| 2 | A man representing the Cape Town Censor Board arrived at the theatre bearing an order to stop it from being given because Chrimes , as the Scarlet Woman , was ‘ improperly dressed ’ . |
| 3 | One hopes that privatisation would not result in such measures being taken and that the independent monitoring body — the National Rivers Authority — will have enough bite to stop it from happening . |
| 4 | We can note , too , that the tippe-top differs markedly from the gyroscope : a tippe-top turns over spontaneously — indeed , it is hard to stop it from doing so — whereas a considerable amount of effort is required to flip over a gyroscope . |
| 5 | It has n't actually done cos I put that funnel on the end to stop it from doing it . |
| 6 | To stop it from sucking because it dissolves too well It 's like you in there drinking drinking er coke out of a straw if you you suck enough It 'll all end up in your mouth . |
| 7 | The machine is spragged to the walls to stop it from rocking , but it does n't . |
| 8 | In the bo on the box to stop it from |
| 9 | Marking the forces on going that way , the easy way to think of it is well what have you got to do to the bottom of the ladder to stop it from , put a piece of rope on here , right ? |
| 10 | If you had one of these black holes on the surface of the earth , there would be no way to stop it from falling through the floor to the center of the earth . |
| 11 | Aye , he said it 's just er to stop it from slipping straight off |