Example sentences of "he had stop [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Arsenal striker was so horrified at the way Barnes was taunted against San Marino last month that he had to stop watching . |
| 2 | Living by himself , he had stopped taking milk : he never got through half a bottle before it went sour , since he drank coffee black and seldom ate cereals . |
| 3 | Again , we have evidence from fieldwork about the functions of these alternants : one man of 27 commented that during his years away from Northern Ireland , he had stopped using what I have called the in-group alternants of the ( pull ) set . |
| 4 | He had stopped using his legs . |
| 5 | He had stopped stealing , or , rather , Emmie thought he had : sometimes she wondered if it was just that she was n't keeping a proper watch on him . |
| 6 | He had stopped thinking lewd thoughts ; his mind was concentrated on what might be a perfect opportunity to obey Viktor Rakovsky 's order . |
| 7 | He said , as all drivers say , that when he ceased to enjoy racing , he would stop ; he did not say that he had stopped enjoying it , it was simply evident . |
| 8 | She was glad he had stopped tapping his spoon and flicking his foot . |
| 9 | He had stopped bringing groceries home , so the extras would have been useful . |
| 10 | He had stopped coughing , but still looked dazed . |
| 11 | She knew that he would be hurt even though she hoped that he had stopped loving such an undeserving , self-serving shrew , because anyone would be hurt by such a scene . |
| 12 | He had stopped prowling to lift a dining chair from its place beside a circular dining table , swinging it round to sit astride it , resting his arms along its back and meeting Gina 's quizzical gaze with a rueful smile . |
| 13 | But for the first time , shortly before his death , he had stopped looking forward to going to work . |
| 14 | The nearest he had ever approached to any hint of levity was when he had stopped frowning for an instant the day that news had reached him of the death of Prince Charles Edward Stuart in Rome . |
| 15 | But he had stopped trusting his thoughts . |
| 16 | When he stopped coughing , it was because he had stopped breathing . |
| 17 | The father went on : ‘ I believe she said he had stopped breathing for a couple of seconds , and if we had n't had him at the hospital when it happened we would have more than likely lost him . ’ |
| 18 | He had stopped dybbukking Kruger . |
| 19 | It seemed that he had stopped playing . |
| 20 | He had stopped twitching violently , but he was n't out of his petit mal yet . |
| 21 | Quigley had made sure he had stopped hitting me as soon as he heard her on the stairs . |
| 22 | He had stopped fighting me as my voice got through to him . |