Sentence examples for before they were stopped from inspiring English sources

In another neighbourhood, Christian youths armed with clubs marched towards a Muslim neighbourhood before they were stopped by policemen.

The protesters destroyed telephone booths and bus stops, and tried to build barricades before they were stopped.

A blogger for the Electronic Intifada — a pro-Palestinian site which created an online map to track the reported positions of the ships — claimed that the boats were still in international waters just before they were stopped.

In the garden of the former British consulate now the property of Alexandria University builders managed to drive hundreds of concrete piles through the intact floor of a Roman villa before they were stopped.

Accompanied by bands of accordion players and drummers, Orangemen in ceremonial bowler hats and orange sashes marched from the center of Portadown to the Drumcree church before they were stopped by a barricade.

The activists, who got past fences and security sensors before dawn on July 28, apparently spent several hours in the Y-12 National Security Complex before they were stopped — by a lone guard, they told friends — as they used a Bible and candles in a Christian peace ritual.

Unlike with some other police powers to stop and search, there is no requirement for an officer to have a "reasonable suspicion" that someone is involved with terrorism before they are stopped.

Terrorists and lunatics take hostages, not for bargaining, but to kill as many as possible before they are stopped.

The nine Fiat G.50bis fighters took off from Turin-Fiat Aviazione on 12 June 1942, but before crossing the border they were stopped by an order from Capo di Stato Maggiore Cavallero, that was afraid the ZNDH pilots could defect with the new Fiat aircraft.

Their destination was the Russian and Turkish Baths, a few feet away, but before they could get there they were stopped twice by East Villagers who wanted to congratulate them for the previous night's show.

The Aggies get the ball first in the second half; they were stopped on fourth down in their last real drive of the first half, the only time this game they have been stopped before scoring.