Example sentences of "[verb] stopped me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many 's the time I 've been about to introduce the top of the bill , when from behind the curtain the urgent whisper , ‘ He 's pissed — fill in while we sober him up , ’ has stopped me in my tracks and left me out there telling gags for an hour or more while the star is force-fed black coffee . |
| 2 | Then I 'd wondered if some women who 'd stopped me on the path had taken it . |
| 3 | Wild beasts would not have stopped me . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You 'd have stopped me , ’ he went on more quietly . |
| 5 | Whereas before the insecurity would have been there , I suppose , that might have stopped me trying things . |
| 6 | ‘ Because you might have stopped me . |
| 7 | Nothing could have stopped me . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sorry , you should have stopped me . |
| 9 | Things which , to my mind have been totally illogical — and yet nothing on this earth would have stopped me from doing them . ’ |
| 10 | Their noise had stopped me sleeping : shouting , shattering glass , the word ‘ police ’ echoing here and there . |
| 11 | Two officers had stopped me . |
| 12 | Er I , I was going in the evening you know , doing the tailoring class but of course my illnesses have stopped me doing all of that and made me realize I ca n't do it all . |