Example sentences of "[vb past] him [prep] his track " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sharp hiss of an angry breath drawn through clenched teeth stopped him in his tracks . |
| 2 | Thoughts of butchers ' knives and bloodied axes galvanized the boy into frantic action , but he had no sooner broken into a sprint along the alley than the sound of his own footsteps stopped him in his tracks . |
| 3 | The turn of a key in the lock of the brown door stopped him in his tracks . |
| 4 | A bad drive down the 10th , from which he was lucky to make five , stopped him in his tracks while his double-bogey five at the 12th was the last straw . |
| 5 | David took a step forward , stretching out his hand as though he might touch the old man , but a hard forbidding glare stopped him in his tracks . |
| 6 | And the sight of Charlotte , staring down at him , stopped him in his tracks . |
| 7 | He was about to put his trousers back and take out another pair , when a sudden thought stopped him in his tracks . |
| 8 | She dived into her bag and held out the necessary money , and at least it stopped him in his tracks , although it left him looking down at her with less than pleasure . |
| 9 | From the doorway a furious voice stopped him in his tracks . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've earned it ! ’ … a bright , distant light halted him in his tracks ! |