Example sentences of "she stopped [v-ing] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You now , of course , come into possession of a substantial sum , following Miss Morgan 's death , ’ McLeish observed , sounding as accusing as he could , and she stopped chewing and gave him her full attention . |
| 2 | She stopped shouting and gave up hammering on the door . |
| 3 | She stopped moving and appeared to be listening . |
| 4 | She stopped swimming and trod water while she looked back . |
| 5 | At last she stopped searching and said , ‘ Come on , there 's nothing mower 'ere . ’ |
| 6 | He slid from under Trotter 's big hand and ran to Gilly , snatched the band of her jacket , and pulled on it until she stopped screaming and stood still . |
| 7 | She stopped speaking and cursed her impetuosity . |
| 8 | She stopped speaking and winked at my master , taking another sip from his goblet and grabbing the second penny he offered . |
| 9 | Presently she stopped eating and hid the fish under a heap of Brussels sprouts . |
| 10 | She stopped eating and fell silent looking at him . |
| 11 | She stopped eating and threw the bones of the pigeon away . |
| 12 | She stopped singing when he knocked on the door , but he had to wait and knock a second time before she invited him in . |
| 13 | She would be late , even if she stopped dawdling and got a move on . |
| 14 | She stopped rehearsing when they reached the end of Act One . |
| 15 | She stopped breathing but her heart kept on thudding its own wild race . |
| 16 | It 's hardly ever reported in the Third World and er taking the facts that we 've just been talking about into account , it would be tempting to see anorexia as related to conflicts about the beginning of a young woman 's reproductive life because what normally happens is , and has certainly happened in the only case of this that occurred in my family , the young woman in question lost so much weight that she stopped cycling and in fact erm puberty changes went into reverse , she actually regressed , she started puberty and er she had this anorexia problem and she stopped cycling and , and all her body changes reversed , she went back to pre-puberty again erm because of oh no , oh no it did n't , she lost her body hair and stuff yeah , er her , her , her hormonal changes . |
| 17 | It 's hardly ever reported in the Third World and er taking the facts that we 've just been talking about into account , it would be tempting to see anorexia as related to conflicts about the beginning of a young woman 's reproductive life because what normally happens is , and has certainly happened in the only case of this that occurred in my family , the young woman in question lost so much weight that she stopped cycling and in fact erm puberty changes went into reverse , she actually regressed , she started puberty and er she had this anorexia problem and she stopped cycling and , and all her body changes reversed , she went back to pre-puberty again erm because of oh no , oh no it did n't , she lost her body hair and stuff yeah , er her , her , her hormonal changes . |
| 18 | When she stopped talking and smiling her face sagged , the flesh falling away from her chin and dropping into the white folds of her neck . |
| 19 | She stopped talking when the waiter arrived with the food , then picked up the conversation again after he had left . |
| 20 | She was so shocked she stopped crying and asked him how he knew . |
| 21 | She stopped walking and stood still , folding her arms resolutely across her chest . |