Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] stop [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could not stop himself from thinking about it and he shuddered , as he imagined again Simon 's hands around his neck . |
| 2 | Many people would say that Jesus could not stop himself from healing people because of his overwhelming feeling of compassion and love for them . |
| 3 | Then came the tears — Gascoigne simply could not stop himself from crying . |
| 4 | Even so , he could not stop himself from feeling it was wrong . |
| 5 | But I could not stop myself from more murder . |
| 6 | And Amabel could not stop herself from thinking that this dreadful , dirty town must surely be to blame , that if Gemma had been less stubborn about remaining here , in this dark old manor , standing cheek-by-jowl with the brewery and the foundry and those hundreds and hundreds of unwashed , unlettered people who worked in them , then this tragedy would not have occurred . |
| 7 | Even now he could n't stop himself from making a comic routine out of it : looking at his fingers , his face screwed up in disgust , pretending that he 'd found something unspeakably revolting in the depths of his pocket . |
| 8 | He could n't stop himself from shuddering . |
| 9 | ‘ Eric was so surprised he could n't stop himself from crying . |
| 10 | ‘ I just could n't stop myself from getting involved in the brawl . |
| 11 | But he kept on talking , and I could n't stop myself from hearing . |
| 12 | Midnight did n't reply , but Jess could n't stop herself from saying : ‘ He were , but he ai n't no longer . |
| 13 | Jessamy was so shaken by his quietly spoken reply that she could n't stop herself from over-reacting . |
| 14 | Jessamy could n't stop herself from moving restlessly . |
| 15 | Kate hugged her mother in return , grateful for the warm body contact between them , but she could n't stop herself from crying . |
| 16 | Even in her weary state , she could n't stop herself from wriggling self-consciously . |
| 17 | My other half switched on teletext after about 15 mins and I could nt stop myself from looking … still 2–0 . |
| 18 | I ca n't stop myself from laughing and clapping my hands . |
| 19 | I sprinted across the open square outside the station , jacket over head , dodging tramcars with split-second , if largely inadvertent , precision , skirted a large puddle , feinted between two parked cars , head-faked a lamppost and two startled elderly shoppers ( once I start running , I ca n't stop myself from pretending I 'm returning a kick-off for the Chicago Bears ; it 's a compulsion — a sort of Tourette 's syndrome of the feet ) . |
| 20 | Old mouth McEnroe , who ca n't stop himself from foully abusing anyone in authority with whom he disagrees . |
| 21 | I barely hold back a hurrah , but can not stop myself from doing a backwards roll during which everything seems to go into slomo and clarify like a TV closeup : my backward roll begins , the picture outside the window slowly slips downward . |