Example sentences of "[vb past] stop at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Arthur 'ad stopped at a pub on 'is way to the church , 'e said 'e needed fortifyin' , and 'im and 'is best man both went in the pub an' stayed there a lot longer than they should of . |
| 2 | And I reckoned that if a star got stopped at the edge , I 'd be safe , what with my rocket and all . ’ |
| 3 | The detour was to Holmstroyd and involved stopping at the jetty . |
| 4 | There was about an inch of water covering the floor that she was certain had n't been there when they 'd stopped at the cupboard . |
| 5 | Her handbag had fallen behind the car seat when she 'd stopped at the traffic lights in town so several minutes were lost as she scrabbled for her pass , then when she drove into the car park she could n't immediately find a space and had to drive round several times . |
| 6 | Linda 's family were visiting from Ireland and after visiting Thorpe Park in Surrey , they decided to stop at a pub on the way home . |
| 7 | A car skidded into the hedge to avoid it ; another lorry managed to stop at the end of four long streaks of scorched rubber on the wet road . |
| 8 | Abu Khadra remembered stopping at a gas station and finding three bullet holes in his car from snipers . |
| 9 | Mansell received the fine and a one-race ban , which FISA applied to the Spanish Grand Prix , after he illegally reversed his Ferrari in the pits and failed to stop at a black disqualification flag , waved three times during the race in Estoril on 24 September . |
| 10 | It all began in the early hours when it 's alleged the car failed to stop at a police check and sped off through the city centre and out along the Botley Road . |
| 11 | In a recent incident a vehicle failed to stop at the junction and damaged Curwen House the building on Gubberford Lane almost opposite the end of Tithe Barn Lane . |
| 12 | Myeloski , not having had his customary oatmeal porridge for breakfast , had stopped at a shop to buy some vobla , a dried Caspian roach . |
| 13 | On the way he had stopped at a pub for three pints of Guinness , then arrived back in Darlington around 11pm when he was stopped . |
| 14 | Cranston , who had stopped at a local tavern to refill his miraculous wineskin , was full of chatter and speculation . |
| 15 | In assuming that it may be rational to be a sceptic about value alone , we had stopped at an uncomfortable halfway house between philosophy and common sense , between the pure thinker who doubts everything and the plain man who questions neither what he sees nor what he likes or dislikes . |
| 16 | They had stopped at an inn close to Minster Lovell to buy a grand meal and sup a few tankards of ale . |
| 17 | She said the driver had stopped at an intersection , got into the back seat with her and assaulted and raped her . |
| 18 | They had claimed containers of worms found in their car had been dug in an unprotected area elsewhere and that they had stopped at the bay to gather mussels . |
| 19 | Sharpe had stopped at the ford to let the horses drink . |
| 20 | They were riding back from Castlegregory , and had stopped at the top of the Connor Pass to rest their horses . |
| 21 | The crossflow of cars had stopped at the sound of the approaching siren and now drivers and passengers and a small number of pedestrians were all looking around , uncertain of the direction . |
| 22 | As we waited for the lights to change I noticed a sleek white sports car which had stopped at the foot of the church steps to take in a passenger . |
| 23 | The soldier from the Dishforth-based Army Air Corps had stopped at the station to ask directions but on the way out of the car park he crashed his four ton truck into a wall knocking it down . |
| 24 | The car had stopped at the quarry in the pitch darkness , and , Mr O'Donnell said , he had been dragged out and beaten again by the men , including McPherson . |
| 25 | Once they had to stop at a red light , and they heard Donald whimpering . |
| 26 | Of course they had to stop at the nearest tavern for Sir John to take refreshment and S over his sword play , step by step , blow by blow . |