"It's nothing," he said, but he couldn't stop coughing.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

Tocqueville couldn't resist it, it was the thing he couldn't stop writing about in Democracy in America, and he was only observing in 1831.

托克维尔抗拒不了,这使他情不自禁的写下,《美国的民主》这部著作,他仅了解1831年的美国

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

I'm sure he will stop eating too much sugar, but why couldn't you tell him this a month ago, ?" when I came all the way here?"

我肯定他不会再吃太多糖，但为什么不在一个月前告诉他，在我长途赶来的时候“

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President Boris Yeltsin reluctantly went along only after it became obvious he couldn't stop NATO expansion.

CNN: AllPolitics - Big Issues Confront NATO At Madrid Summit

And when he couldn't stop Marchand, his overtime woes continued.

WSJ: Marchand delivers to lift Bruins over Rangers 3-2

He couldn't stop crying.

NPR: Checking In on Fort Carson, Part II