Example sentences of "stopped [verb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Satan stopped circling and swung to face him , head low , teeth bared , his volcanic anger rumbling deep in his throat . |
| 2 | They left Smithfield , taking a different route back into the city , past the ditch which smelt so rank and fetid that even Cranston , filled to his gills with wine , stopped to gag and cover his nose . |
| 3 | He stopped eating and reached across and took his wife 's hand . |
| 4 | She stopped eating and fell silent looking at him . |
| 5 | Nathan stopped eating and thought about it . |
| 6 | Presently she stopped eating and hid the fish under a heap of Brussels sprouts . |
| 7 | She stopped eating and threw the bones of the pigeon away . |
| 8 | Suddenly he stopped singing and went nearer to the window . |
| 9 | She would be late , even if she stopped dawdling and got a move on . |
| 10 | One morning Jess stopped dusting and took a book from the shelf , admiring the gold edges to the pages and the soft green leather binding . |
| 11 | I stopped to try and look after him . |
| 12 | I stopped walking and stared wide-eyed as the rest of the senescent strollers proceeded out of this dimension . |
| 13 | Adam stopped walking and stared at her . |
| 14 | He stopped walking and looked at the scrubland now directly in front of them . |
| 15 | When she heard Matthew 's name , Miss Havisham stopped walking and stood looking at the speaker , who suddenly became silent . |
| 16 | She stopped walking and stood still , folding her arms resolutely across her chest . |
| 17 | Everyone stopped laughing and looked at me . |
| 18 | And when two of the men stopped laughing and looked over his head , he turned and sprang up and hurried towards her , saying , ‘ Hello , there , ’ and reached out to take her hand . |
| 19 | I stopped laughing and sat on the floor , back to the wall , legs out straight . |
| 20 | Anna stopped slicing and offered Luke a cheek wet with onion tears . |
| 21 | At last she stopped searching and said , ‘ Come on , there 's nothing mower 'ere . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You must listen to this , ’ said Hugo , and Valerie , out of simple love , stopped writing and listened , though Lover at the Gate was in mid-flow and she did not want her concentration spoiled : what she now put on the page was beginning to have the quality of automatic writing : she feared the cutting-in of her own rationality : doubt would come with it , and hesitation . |
| 23 | Even some Party functionaries were heard to say that it would be better if Goebbels stopped writing and speaking altogether . |
| 24 | He stopped tapping and groped into his black briefcase . |
| 25 | She stopped swimming and trod water while she looked back . |
| 26 | The Queen stopped shouting and said to Alice , ‘ Have you seen the Mock Turtle yet ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ He did a great job just sitting in there and keeping everything tight — and he never stopped shouting and goading the youngsters . ’ |
| 28 | Tran Van Hieu and his wife stared after it aghast , and the boys , halting on the threshold , stopped shouting and fell silent . |
| 29 | She stopped shouting and gave up hammering on the door . |
| 30 | The friendliness was overwhelming and a small crowd would gather around me every time I stopped to talk or watch a game of sipa — a bit like tennis only played with your feet and a ball covered in rubbery tendrils . |