Example sentences of "stopped [verb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He stopped chiselling and looked down at her . |
| 32 | The chieftain then stopped speaking and bowed to Corbett , who felt the group around him suddenly relax . |
| 33 | She stopped speaking and winked at my master , taking another sip from his goblet and grabbing the second penny he offered . |
| 34 | He stopped speaking and gazed hard at Corbett and then continued quietly , almost as if he was talking to himself . |
| 35 | When he saw his wife 's face , he was so shocked that he stopped speaking and stared at her in horror . |
| 36 | She stopped speaking and cursed her impetuosity . |
| 37 | Arghatun stopped speaking and bowed , but it was the older man who growled a reply and showed his teeth . |
| 38 | The knight stopped speaking and pointed to the cord tied round Athelstan 's waist . |
| 39 | Dacourt stopped speaking and gaped like a carp . |
| 40 | Luce stopped speaking and sat quite still , her golden eyes wide , flooded with tears , tears that overflowed and rolled down her cheeks in two silent streams . |
| 41 | Then he stopped moving and kept on staring . |
| 42 | She stopped moving and appeared to be listening . |
| 43 | In some broken and unhappy way , I was aware that the two villains stopped kicking and beating me . |
| 44 | IT 'S about time England stopped moaning and learned to play cricket like we Pakistanis — properly ! |
| 45 | People stopped dancing and stood in silence looking over at it . |
| 46 | I know if people stopped carping and gave it a chance , they would get hooked . |
| 47 | Woolley stopped shaving and looked at her in the mirror . |
| 48 | Abruptly he stopped fooling and stepped away from Vanessa , saying : ‘ You two know each other , do n't you ? ’ |
| 49 | I do n't think he realised learning the facts of life was precisely what most of us would do if we stopped demonstrating and went back to bed . |
| 50 | Once clear of the Waste and the Tower which burned like a signal beacon behind them they stopped to rest and take stock of their situation . |
| 51 | She was so shocked she stopped crying and asked him how he knew . |
| 52 | With the help of a friend Lucy stopped crying and started being angry . |
| 53 | Tessa stopped crying and sighed a deep , uncontrollable sigh like a yawn . |
| 54 | Belinda stopped drinking and stared at her . |
| 55 | I stopped going to parties , stopped drinking and threw myself into the regime of Ron 's hard training schedules . |
| 56 | If I stopped exercising and ate everything I wanted , I know it would be a very different shape . |
| 57 | At last I stopped retching and washed my hands and face with a cloth . |
| 58 | Sometimes I stopped reading and looked out of the window . |
| 59 | Doone stopped reading and remarked , ‘ You do n't say anything about sharpening old bicycle frames and railings . ’ |
| 60 | Samuel stopped bristling and shifted uneasily . |