Example sentences of "[noun prp] stop [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Markby stopped and stared across the field .
2 As he turned towards the smokers ' seats , Loretta stopped and headed in the opposite direction .
3 Fitzormonde stopped and gulped from the cup .
4 A little way along , Vern stopped and sat on the very same wall and gazed up the gorge , like I 'd done , at the high flying bridge .
5 Cranston stopped and pointed down a track to a light blinking in the distance .
6 Benjamin stopped and pointed to the entrance .
7 Sir John stopped and slouched against the wall , staring upwards at the great beams resting on their corbels of stone .
8 Agrippa stopped and looked at a lonely bird shrieking above us as if it was a devil let loose to wander this lonely wilderness .
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