Example sentences of "she stopped at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stopped at the edge of a muddied pool lapping all the way across a back lane then leapt across to the other side . |
| 2 | She stopped at the graveyard to visit the dead ; but as , even alive , they would all have been strangers to her she felt intrusive . |
| 3 | ‘ I just threatened to blow his ba — ’ She stopped at the look that crossed the Doctor 's face . |
| 4 | When Mrs Hollidaye had finished her praying and they were leaving the church , she stopped at the back and showed Dot a book with writing in it . |
| 5 | She stopped at the bottom of the steps and listened . |
| 6 | In the village she stopped at the blacksmith 's . |
| 7 | She stopped at the door . |
| 8 | She stopped at the sound of a car in the courtyard . |
| 9 | She stopped at the corner as the two scientists approached the doors . |
| 10 | She stopped at the crossroads that took her towards her house and , instead of going right , as she normally would , went left towards the outskirts of Grantley . |
| 11 | She stopped at the bridge over the estuary and watched the sea birds swoop over mud , chocolate-brown with slabs of black sheen like coal . |
| 12 | First she stopped at the coffee house to see if all was ready , then she stopped to speak to one of the servants . |