Example sentences of "stop [pron] from " in BNC.
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1 | He has already stopped me from saving up for a large format SLR camera ; my trusty 35-mm model will do well enough for the closeups of butterflies and flowers that interest me . |
2 | Things which , to my mind have been totally illogical — and yet nothing on this earth would have stopped me from doing them . ’ |
3 | The state 's farmers and bee-keepers might not have realised that they were coping with an externality , but that had not stopped them from organising a market . |
4 | Doors and bolts had been fixed , but in a three-month period it was said that ‘ 14 dozen locks ’ had been broken , the children had burned down the door , and even iron gates had not stopped them from gaining access to the roof and throwing stones on people below . |
5 | Still , that discovery never stopped me from making another collection of the glistening best ones that same night . |
6 | For 11 years they stopped me from coming back here . |
7 | There was something wrong with my mouth , which stopped me from talking properly . |
8 | I wish I had saved the hedgehog now , and not stood aside , and I have been wondering what stopped me from performing a natural act of sentimental kindness . |
9 | As Reid led the patient with the bloody head indoors , the white man turned to me , almost stopped me from going inside and said in an educated voice , ‘ Good morning , Doctor , and welcome to Koraloona . |
10 | Something happened that stopped me from going . |
11 | The same consideration stopped me from butting the animal ; I was n't going to put my face near those teeth . |
12 | In fact it was you I think who stopped me from pulling it up , I bought it as a , a stick from Bromley , in Bromley |
13 | Stopped them from what in our flats . |
14 | But erm we went into half time , and we were very pleased with the way things had gone , and it was just a case of trying to keep it going erm we stopped them from playing erm and then we came off the second half and everything just seemed to go wrong for us . |
15 | He stopped himself from looking at any of them and stuffed them into his waste-paper basket . |
16 | TREE surgeon Robin Teasdill , 34 , stopped himself from bleeding to death by holding the main artery of his leg together for 15 minutes . |
17 | Another superb serve led to no more than a defensive return from Sampras and Forget was so confident that the American would not be able to return his first volley that he only just stopped himself from throwing his racket into the air as he started to dance for joy along with the crowd . |
18 | Charles just stopped himself from saying ‘ Reet nice ’ . |
19 | He just stopped himself from reacting angrily . |
20 | He just stopped himself from adding , ‘ We were n't looking for anything . ’ |
21 | With an effort he stopped himself from adding , ’ I hope ! ’ |
22 | Pink riding hats , turquoise waistcoats , stetsons ( Jane just stopped herself from asking where the corks were ) and they wore all these glories even when they were mucking out . |
23 | Agnes again stopped herself from yelling , ‘ How do I know ! ’ and she was about to say , ‘ You should have thought about this before , ’ but this would have been a stupid reply , for when that urge was tearing at your body and there was a way of getting rid of it , would one stop to think ? |
24 | Just in time she stopped herself from confiding that she 'd almost forgotten how to dance . |
25 | Carolyn just stopped herself from saying why . |
26 | Her aggression , so long pent-up , was so intense that , while it lasted , it stopped her from thinking , or worrying , about anything else . |
27 | The outfit may have been grand , but it never stopped her from working . |
28 | He stopped her from going visiting in the town , and whenever Daniel Marsh was near Nahum became angry , taking it out on the poor , innocent man whose only role in life was to serve . |
29 | Not that it stopped her from gobbling up every cultural titbit dropped before her . |
30 | Some streak of reluctance stopped her from turning straight to Luke 's page in the book . |