Example sentences of "be [v-ing] to stop [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ They 're going to kill you , Jim , ’ said Silver when the two of us were alone , ‘ and they 're going to stop me being their captain . |
2 | ‘ I do , and I suppose you 're going to stop me ? ’ |
3 | ‘ Brave words , Katharine , but how do you think you 're going to stop me ? ’ |
4 | They 're trying to stop me ever seeing him again . |
5 | And this is why we 're trying to stop them coming in . |
6 | They 're trying to stop it . |
7 | and we did n't think , and sort of , then we realized that had to sort of like turn it off and that might help a bit , but boiling water , we 're trying to stop it with our finger . |
8 | I 'm going to keep doing what is right and no threats from you are going to stop me ! ’ |
9 | ‘ Everything will be happening legally so kids wo n't have to worry about what the police are going to stop them doing on the M25 or wherever . |
10 | They say things like David 's sexy legs are going to stop them passing their Chemistry ‘ A ’ Level , ’ she says . |
11 | ‘ I 'm going to stop him ! ’ |
12 | " Rodney is Andrew 's son and I 'm going to stop it . " |
13 | So I 'm going to stop it . |
14 | And if I possibly can , I 'm going to stop you wrecking Julius 's life a second time . ’ |
15 | Nothing can bring David back but I 'm trying to stop it happening to someone else . |
16 | She may need money to buy food for the family , or she may be trying to stop him leaving her and the children . |
17 | But maybe your Ministerial colleague is n't going right for the very top , McLeish thought with unreasonable conviction , and you were going to stop her working at Yeo Davis when you could . |
18 | An inquest has heard how a man died in a scuffle with friends who were trying to stop him driving while he was drunk . |
19 | An inquest has heard how a footballer died in a scuffle with friends who were trying to stop him drink driving . |
20 | Either she was a Madonna and people did n't give her credit for being one , or else she was trying to be one and people were trying to stop her or possibly she was being forced to be one against her better judgement . |
21 | The Conservatives are trying to stop it . |
22 | Nobody else in the room is going to stop them . |
23 | But er unfortunately those on the ground who have shown their skill at wrecking anything that does n't suit their purpose with the support of the Labour group , those on the ground will still be there and I do n't believe that er giving the director of education the executive powers is going to stop them continuing to take the sort of action they 've been taking . |
24 | ‘ Nothing is going to stop me ! ’ |
25 | There is no way that anybody is going to stop me helping her if I die tomorrow . ’ |
26 | And I do n't really see how Zacco or anything else is going to stop me . |
27 | And nothing is going to stop me singing Margarita tonight ! ’ |
28 | I 'm going to find them , and nothing you say is going to stop me . |
29 | See , the real peace is not the stilling of the storm the real peace is that the assurance of who is going to stop it . |
30 | No-one 's going to stop me . ’ |