Example sentences of "tried stop a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DEVOTED housekeeper Annie Bowman was crushed to death as she tried to stop a thief stealing her boss 's JCB digger . |
| 2 | Run down by her own car … the nurse who tried to stop a thief . |
| 3 | A GRANDFATHER was killed by a single punch as he tried to stop a gang of drunken teenagers ripping up his garden fence while he hosted a family barbecue . |
| 4 | An animal lover , who tried to stop a gang hanging a cat from a tree , was punched and kicked before he could rescue it . |
| 5 | Police say the 45year-old ex-steelworker was kicked and beaten to death when he tried to stop a gang of vandals near his home . |
| 6 | A CROWD of people fought with police officers as they tried to stop a council bailiff taking a car to pay for an outstanding poll tax bill , a court was told yesterday . |
| 7 | The trouble flared just before the final whistle when Maradona tried to stop a Cadiz defender intervening in a dispute over a foul . |
| 8 | A nurse has been knocked down and seriously injured by her own car after she tried to stop a man stealing it . |
| 9 | EX-heavyweight boxing champ Danny McAlinden tried to stop a brawl and was arrested , a court heard yesterday . |
| 10 | The redundant steelworker and a friend were returning home from a social club when they tried to stop a group of youngsters allegedly attacking traffic bollards . |