Example sentences of "[vb pp] to stop [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually parents are permitted to stop using the alarm if the child has had fourteen to twenty-one dry nights , but need to be warned that the child may relapse for a short time . |
| 2 | On realising that he was the only person charged with breaking into the bank , Middleton said , he had decided to stop protecting the ‘ real criminals ’ . |
| 3 | erm , he said I do n't know we 've got to stop having the coffee , so I said well erm Sister had spoken |
| 4 | If we are going to deliver to the people to whom we as elected members owe the highest duty , that 's the people who are in receipt of our services the sort of quality service that we , that they deserve then I have to say that we can have as many reports of this nature as we like , but you have got to acknowledge the need to change and you have got to stop resenting the rights of parents and governors to run schools , you 've got to stop being obstructive to competitive tendering and you have got to stop arguing for the retention of services where it 's patently obvious that there 's over provision . |
| 5 | Yesterday , a Cadbury spokeswoman said no decision had been taken to stop screening the Flake television advert in which Rachel is shown eating the chocolate bar while lying in a bath . |
| 6 | Not only that , but , unlike other industries , farmers would actually now have to be paid to stop polluting the environment . |