Before I could stop him, he spoke to her, under a natural impression that he was addressing the Prisoner's servant.
Perhaps I was provoked, and the word escaped me before I could stop it.
Before I could stop her, she seized me by the hand, and wrung it with a furious power that left the mark of her grasp on me, in a bruise, for days afterward.
Moonlight nights and lonesomely," I answered before I could stop myself, and what happened then was worse than any cyclone.
It was all over, and there was nothing left for me to live for, and before I could stop myself I buried my face in my hands.
It was all over and there was nothing left for me to live for, and before I could stop myself I buried my face in my hands.
At that, George uttered a terrible cry, snatched up his coat, and before I could stop him, rushed out of the studio.
Let us see if we cannot frighten them," said Leo; and before we could stop him, he rushed out, clapping his hands and shrieking loudly.
If we could stop them we might hire their canoes to convey us up the river.
Before I could stop him, Leo had lifted his rifle and fired.
Kicked you in the face, sir, and dragged you away afore we could stop 'em.
He was awfully keen to see over the house, and went everywhere, and before I could stop him he poked his nose into the little room place where they had put Mr. Hoffman and five dead bluejackets, and that made him feel rather ill.
It smelt dreadfully in there, so close and hot, and before he could stop it he gave an awful sneeze.
And Polly, straining her eyes, pretty soon saw Joel turn swiftly and duck, and the bull run with full force against a tree, before he could stop himself.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "could stop" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
