Example sentences of "stopped [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once on the first aerodrome , Brueckner stopped and made some excuse about engine problems , saying that he had to try to get a key for the toolbox . |
| 2 | ‘ Me and my sister and my uncle — my sister , who 's a scientist , right ? — we were walking along and we saw this light go across the sky , then it stopped and made this complete square , then it was gone . ’ |
| 3 | Next day , they stopped and made snow houses . |
| 4 | Cameron made him uneasy with his dark , closed look , the way he stopped and thought silently before he answered you . |
| 5 | He stopped and thought for a moment . |
| 6 | Then he stopped and thought . |
| 7 | She stopped and halted him with a hand on his arm . |
| 8 | ‘ Listen , freak , that DK had more bottle than Express Dairies and if you — ’ Ace stopped and lowered her arm . |
| 9 | She stopped and planted her stiletto heels in a puddle of mud . |
| 10 | He stopped and met her eyes . |
| 11 | When Simon stopped and began to bombard him with questions about home , Quinn had a chance to have a look at the youth . |
| 12 | Carlotta stopped and began the song again . |
| 13 | I was within half a mile of Darrowby with the lights of the little town beginning to wink between the bare roadside branches when a car approached , went past , then I heard a squeal of brakes as it stopped and began to double back . |
| 14 | Oh , but — ’ And stopped and felt , with remembered delight , the shower of golden needle lights as his thoughts poured into her mind . |
| 15 | I stopped and asked if we were going the right way for the castle . |
| 16 | Perhaps he noticed , for he stopped and asked me whether Jean-Claude ever spoke of Montaine . |
| 17 | So , we went along for , about five minutes , could n't pick anything up so we stopped and asked this , someone where Mo Monkey Island was . |
| 18 | ‘ Well teacher ’ — he stopped and upped the volume . |
| 19 | Later that morning , Yanto stopped and stretched to ease his aching back . |
| 20 | He stopped and unlocked a door . |
| 21 | ... ’ She stopped and lay silent . |
| 22 | Outside he stopped and realised that he would have to make his own way back . |
| 23 | We stopped and sheltered in a farmer 's barn for the night and the following morning , misty as ever , did little to assuage my suspicions . |
| 24 | So at last , when he could not bear it any longer , he stopped and split one of the reeds with his dagger . |
| 25 | He stopped and had a cup of tea himself and explained to the Covent Garden porters , who wanted to know what he 'd got in the back , that it was the Sleeping Beauty . |
| 26 | He even stopped and had a tinkle . |
| 27 | A massive great big flask of coffee and when we got there we stopped and had a sandwich and a coffee , and we 'd go in the club , set all up and we 'd sit quiet and then we 'd have a quiet drink would n't we ? |
| 28 | Then he stopped and said , ‘ Great . |
| 29 | As he passed her he stopped and said , ‘ He did n't give you any idea what was wrong ? ’ |
| 30 | He stopped and said he would take me back to the Hall . |