Example sentences of "stopped and [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cameron made him uneasy with his dark , closed look , the way he stopped and thought silently before he answered you . |
| 2 | He stopped and walked forward . |
| 3 | Philip thought he must have seen him but he had n't , because he stopped and whistled again , looking up towards the cliffs . |
| 4 | Athelstan stopped and stared hard at the coroner . |
| 5 | She trotted along to the kitchen , but when she reached it , she stopped and listened carefully before opening the door . |
| 6 | At the lip he stopped and hung there , assessing the upward view for what seemed like an age . |
| 7 | He stopped and glanced across at her . |
| 8 | She stopped and glanced quickly at Edward . |
| 9 | Then , just ten feet below the fox and some seventy feet from the ground , he stopped and clung tightly as the pole swayed in the wind . |
| 10 | At the entrance , just near the gatehouse door , Cranston stopped and knocked hard at an iron-studded door . |
| 11 | But just as Jesus and the following crowd passed under Zacchaeus ' perch , Jesus stopped and looked straight up at him . |
| 12 | ’ Glastonbury stopped and looked worriedly at Pooley . |
| 13 | he stopped and looked blankly at my battle-dress , ‘ Are you an officer ? ’ he asked quickly . |
| 14 | She was borne away from the lights , and on the stretch of darker pavement , she stopped and looked all round . |
| 15 | She stopped and gazed intently down . |
| 16 | I stopped and slumped dazedly back on my heels , facing utter defeat . |
| 17 | Her voice was shaking badly so she stopped and swallowed once more and bravely went on , ‘ I have behaved like a child , a stupid , ignorant child , but I never intended it . |
| 18 | The train jolted and stopped and started again and jolted . |
| 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 | When he had ventured some distance into the forest , Little Billy stopped and stood quite still , listening . |
| 21 | Gareth took a step or two after them and I called him in an explosive croak , ‘ Gareth , ’ and he stopped and turned immediately and came back , bending down . |