Sentence examples for managing to stop a from inspiring English sources

I was the last to leave, at 6.30am, after only just managing to stop a guy from sneaking behind the bar and stealing all the cash.

FIFA last autumn won a ruling in the High Court in Pretoria, managing to stop a retailer, Metcash Trading Africa, from selling a lollipop called 2010 Pops, with a soccer theme to the packaging.

It has not managed to stop a single dam from going ahead.

Two school teachers walking along a dark country road manage to stop a car, and after some cruising he finds their place for them.

"When I did manage to stop a nurse in the corridor – they were usually too busy to stop – I asked why he wasn't in intensive care".

In May, a Vietnamese bank came forward to say that it had been targeted by the hackers as well, and had managed to stop a $1m transfer.

Early Saturday, bouncers at what students said was that sort of off-campus party briefly managed to stop a man at the door who they believed would cause trouble.

We felt it was important, as white South African life could have been very different for us if Mr Mandela had not managed to stop a civil war breaking out.

Soon after Waqa made a break and popped a ball for Mahe Fonua, but prop Graham somehow ran down the speedsters and managed to stop a certain four-pointer.

The New Yorker, September 4, 1943 P. 70 Two school teachers walking along a dark country road manage to stop a car, and after some cruising he finds their place for them.

I managed to stop a passerby and used their phone to call the police who arrived shortly afterwards.