Example sentences of "[adj] do [adv] stop [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a quadraplegic , confined to a wheelchair , but this did n't stop him travelling all over the world . |
| 2 | Then Dad shot home the bolt , though this did n't stop us opening the window to see the end of the rumpus . |
| 3 | There was no way the police could hold Philip Drew , but this did not stop them following him . |
| 4 | The Hygiene supervisors felt as though the planes would land on their heads , but this did not stop them carrying out a thorough and hygienic job . |
| 5 | My dad always used to say that we could not afford lunch , although , I have to say , this did not stop him eating it . |
| 6 | Innocent III spent some months outside Rome , but this did not stop him doing justice . |
| 7 | However this did not stop us making lists of those quality ‘ prigs ’ we would have liked to eliminate . |
| 8 | This does not stop us using the olfactory or tactile channels but we are restricted by social norms in how we use them . |
| 9 | This does n't stop them lightening up later , as she sprawls offstage in a celebratory show of crowd-surfing . |
| 10 | Dealers may like people to take E , but this does n't stop them ripping the users off . |
| 11 | Although I have not yet announced my presence , this does n't stop me giving Rainbow a little treat . |
| 12 | Paisley was back in prison , this time for his part in the Armagh demonstrations , but that did not stop him characterizing the Cameron Commission as a betrayal of the Ulster people to the rebels . |
| 13 | I did not know where I was , but that did not stop me saying , ‘ I 'm here ’ . |
| 14 | That did n't stop her chucking the last of her things into the case , though . |
| 15 | Yet that did n't stop her gritting her teeth and nodding . |
| 16 | Of course I was far too small , and they 'd have swum away from me in fright anyway , but that did n't stop me trying on occasion . |
| 17 | ‘ You did run away , ’ he muttered , ‘ but that did n't stop me needing you . ’ |
| 18 | But that did n't stop me going back to it . |
| 19 | I had heard rumours that Jack the Ripper was about in the night , but that did n't stop me launching into the fog . |
| 20 | As devout Catholics , the O'Dells preferred not to attend the civil ceremony , but that did n't stop them doing everything they could to make the reception an unforgettable occasion . |
| 21 | But that did n't stop them reducing Hillsborough to a stunned silence by answering Chris Waddle 's eighth-minute opener with an equaliser two minutes later . |
| 22 | The four partners — all Irish — had planned to be open for St Patrick 's Day but , as the photo shows , that did n't stop them unfurling their banner to indicate they were already prepared for next year . |
| 23 | Glastonbury was certainly upset , although that did n't stop him nodding off on several occasions ; Fagg was enraged — the term ‘ bloody fellow ’ came up frequently ; Fishbane was considered ; the Commander spluttered a lot and Chatterton said very little except to draw on his memory of some committee problem that had arisen in 1964 . |
| 24 | Darren Huddleson from Ireland may be wheelchair-bound , but that did n't stop him taking four rides on the newly-opened Splash mountain , a fast log-flume ride with an almost vertical drop . |
| 25 | So he got the job as the postman , yet even that did n't stop him behaving strangely . |
| 26 | In our view , Clause 28 does not stop them doing so unless they are setting out intentionally to promote homosexuality … . |
| 27 | They may well love the new baby , but that does n't stop them giving it a tweak when your back is turned . |
| 28 | ‘ The Man may be inside but that does n't stop him controlling his interests . |
| 29 | ‘ She was picking them up at random and saying things like , ‘ This boy 's in a wheelchair but that does n't stop him giving me the eye , ’ or , ‘ This is the college stud but he cuts no ice with me . ’ ’ |
| 30 | He gets annoyed if I say anything about it , but that does n't stop him going on about how slim I was at 17 when we first met . |