Woodward's mother, however, believed that the shooting had been deliberate, yet stepped in to prevent further scandal.

Then he yelped and duly stepped back to prevent worse coming his way.

They did not want to lose him, so they stepped in to prevent it.

He often steps in to prevent Futaba from causing more trouble.

It seems he had investigated my statements, found them to be correct, and stepped in to prevent any further mischief being done.

"As a matter of fact, one of the other officers seemed to be stepping in to prevent any further conduct by this officer."

You'd have to step carefully to prevent Ichabod from falling off.

So he decided to make a stand on principle and stepped in personally to prevent it.

He called on the EU to step in to prevent the situation from escalating into a civil war.

Marcus threatened to thrash him, then other people stepped in to prevent the fight.