Example sentences of "[pron] stopped and [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone stopped and looked around and one or two voices shouted back to him along the valley . |
| 2 | I stopped and listened , straining my ears for any sound above the crashing of the soldiers or the muttered curses as men slipped on the icy ground underfoot . |
| 3 | I could , I used to run it down and er , and that 's the only reason me mother would let me , but they was pleased as punch when I stopped and went and worked for me dad again . |
| 4 | I stopped and asked if we were going the right way for the castle . |
| 5 | Anyway , I stopped and offered her a lift . |
| 6 | After a few paces I stopped and looked around . |
| 7 | I stopped and looked at myself . |
| 8 | I stopped and looked at the big house . |
| 9 | And I went two or three steps down the stairs before I stopped and looked back . |
| 10 | I drove twenty yards ahead so that the bus would not be blocking my way when it stopped at the bus stop , then I stopped and looked back . |
| 11 | The hill was a switchback and at the top of the first rise I stopped and got out to have a look around . |
| 12 | Every few steps I stopped and shouted , but the only sound in that wild , lonely place was the wind . |
| 13 | So I stopped and turned to her . |
| 14 | I stopped and turned . |
| 15 | I stopped and slumped dazedly back on my heels , facing utter defeat . |
| 16 | One day , coming across June in the corridor alone , instead of hurrying past , my face to the wall , I stopped and spoke to her . |
| 17 | I stopped and put down my shopping next to the hedge . |
| 18 | Suddenly I stopped and stood still , staring in amazement . |
| 19 | Dusk deepened until I could no longer see ten yards ahead , and after I 'd knocked the shaft of the arrow against an unseen hazard twice within a minute I stopped and sank slowly down to my knees , resting my forehead and the front of my left shoulder against a young birch trunk , drained as I 'd never been before . |
| 20 | The tracking and following of the youths , through rush-hour traffic , took Tom through most of Edinburgh New Town , and culminated , almost an hour later , with his flagging down a Police motor cyclist who stopped and questioned them at Mackenzie Place/India Place . |
| 21 | And I 'm sick of seeing what it 's doing to Peter — ’ She stopped and took a breath . |
| 22 | Elizabeth began to laugh but seeing his expression , she stopped and studied his face . |
| 23 | She stopped and jabbed at O'Hara 's machine with her umbrella . |
| 24 | She stopped and looked at the garden ; inside the square was a circle of flower beds . |
| 25 | She stopped and looked at him . |
| 26 | She stopped and looked at Shirley . |
| 27 | She stopped and looked at the other three who were scrutinising her in amused silence . |
| 28 | Finally , exhausted , she stopped and looked up . |
| 29 | In the hall , she stopped and looked about her . |
| 30 | He continued up the hill , and she went on down ; but a few paces further on she stopped and looked back , and it was at that precise moment that it happened , because he had turned back as well and for a few moments they looked longingly at each other , each tongue-tied , but each sure , now , of the other 's feelings . |