Sentence examples for Not quite stopping from inspiring English sources

Red-and-white painted barriers blocked traffic, and soldiers stood at every access point, not quite letting people through and not quite stopping them.

With a deep breath I hauled myself to my feet and we were off again, the poles not quite stopping me from running like a troll but certainly adding a new dimension to proceedings that detracted from the lactic acid build-up in my side.

Not quite stop and search.

Theatre beyond Edinburgh has not quite stopped, but it has certainly slowed down.

And while the Sooners' defense could not quite stop Toby Gerhart, the Heisman Trophy runner-up, his yards were hard to come by.

This ability to regenerate does not quite stop at birth: injure a one-day-old mouse's heart, for example, and it will completely regenerate.

Roast chicken with glazed root vegetables and herbed mashed potatoes gives the general idea, but Mr. Boulud, in a patriotic surge, has put macaroni and cheese on his menu, although he could not quite stop himself from working in champignons des bois.

In the 80s, Newman began to talk of retiring, but did not quite stop, and in later years - with iron gray hair, and a hard, chiseled face in which one may see his Hungarian origins - Newman began his old-timers, among them Nobody's Fool, Twilight, Road to Perdition, and Empire Falls.

It was bad but it didn't quite stop me marrying her.

Like Mr. Palladin, Mr. Gras couldn't quite stop with a bare crepinette.

Even in an interview, they can't quite stop themselves from chucking ideas around.