Example sentences of "stopped [pron] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isabel stopped her pacing about the room and looked at de Raimes in surprise . |
| 2 | Not that it stopped her talking about the Jesus who was the centre of her life . |
| 3 | That 's what stopped him getting to the top . |
| 4 | ‘ We were saying , ’ said Enid , without looking over her hefty lurex shoulder , ‘ that Ricky France-Lynch 's personality stopped him getting to the top . ’ |
| 5 | Not that this stopped him going through the hoops for photographers when Forest got Nigel Mansell down to their ground the other week . |
| 6 | Mrs Thatcher stopped him going into the ERM , and Treasury forecasters failed to spot the recession . |