Example sentences of "stop [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cross-examined by John Griffith Williams QC , about why he did not stop for the children , he said that he was concerned not to hit them and instinctively moved away into the fast lane . |
| 2 | He smiled and Robyn watched and felt her heart stop for the hundredth time . |
| 3 | I mean if you put your hand up to the sun you can feel it , you detect it , your eyes detect it , well you have detectors which detect them and , for example , if I want to detect something like an electron well then I can make a counter which is sensitive to charged particles like electrons , and I can allow these electrons to hit this counter and it will produce erm an identifiable electrical pulse and I can look at that and I can say this is an electron , or I can look at other particles , say , for things like helium nuclei which are called alpha particles , and I can make counters which will detect these and I can put a little piece of paper in front and I can stop off the alpha particles . |
| 4 | You ca n't stop between the stanzas , can you ? |
| 5 | The eruption did not stop after the destruction of the city , though , and the nuee that was responsible for the tragedy was in volcanic terms a relatively minor affair and it was by no means the last from Mt Pelee . |
| 6 | The printer will stop after the last row and not move the paper . |
| 7 | If Mrs Hamilton had realised that she was pregnant , she would have stopped smoking , and in fact she did stop after the miscarriage . ’ |
| 8 | Their faces contorted with tension and their voices hoarse from screaming deals , traders at the London financial futures market hit the floor running and did n't stop throughout the most hectic day they 've ever known . |
| 9 | It would stop along the route and attempt to pass the Serb blockade in the morning . |
| 10 | But the police harassment did not stop with the imprisonment . |
| 11 | It has been appreciated that learning does not stop with the examinations for registrations . |
| 12 | This outward looking emphasis does not stop with the clergy but is even more demanding for the bishops . |
| 13 | But refinement did not stop with the genteel residences , it extended to the social life of the towns they inhabited — . |
| 14 | In some instances the masses did not stop with the obit but went on with the annual ‘ year 's mind ’ for up to ten years or more . |
| 15 | And this did not stop with the Reformation for , ‘ by virtue of the very generous pensions they were granted when they surrendered their houses to the Crown , ex-abbots possessed ample means to found chantries … or to make bequests for soul-masses after death ’ . |
| 16 | It was not long now till nightfall , and the French advance would certainly stop with the darkness . |
| 17 | Until comparatively recently there was a general belief or tacit agreement within the community that the later years of life were a time of " all passion spent " — that sex stopped or should stop with the menopause in women and that it continued into later years only in old men who were awarded the epithet " dirty " . |
| 18 | To coin an American phrase : ‘ The buck must stop with the manager ’ |
| 19 | But the dancing does n't just stop with the waltz the Dolphin Sunday Dance Club knows how to mix the old and the new . |
| 20 | There 's another aspect to what we do , and that is that I think we are part of a very powerful developing movement in education , and it is based on the concept that education should not stop with the terminal rituals of school and college , and that education should be as much part of life , wanting to know , to find out , to get to grips with the body of information and knowledge that 's available in society . |
| 21 | Stavrogin would never stop in the street like that , his psychophysical being is other . |
| 22 | ‘ When you get to the summit can you stop in the lay-by ? ’ |
| 23 | If the rider 's weight is in front of the horse 's , he may cause the horse to fall or stop in the above instances . |
| 24 | The quest for excellence does n't stop in the examination room ; training is an on-going process for MLA members who keep up to date with new technological advances in the security industry by attending weekend and annual conventions . |
| 25 | Of course , if he looks dodgy then do n't stop in the first place ; just say that you do n't carry a watch . |
| 26 | In spite of a change in political outlook , the ravaging of national book treasures did not stop in the post-war era . |
| 27 | Her fear was that it would stop in the tunnel . |
| 28 | Instead she made him stop in the next street ; she did n't want Uncle Vernon storming up the basement steps and putting his oar in . |
| 29 | He quickly checked the tyres , but they were intact , and he wondered to himself why someone would simply stop in the middle of this countryside . |
| 30 | So I had to s stop in the gate and mark tubs for two . |