Example sentences of "stopped [v-ing] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stopped singing when he knocked on the door , but he had to wait and knock a second time before she invited him in . |
| 2 | I smoked for twenty seven years , and erm I 'm getting on to a year now since I stopped smoking and I feel a lot calmer , I hated being a victim to cigarettes ! |
| 3 | She stopped rehearsing when they reached the end of Act One . |
| 4 | ’ I stopped speaking as I noticed how strangely he was staring at me . |
| 5 | I stopped dancing when I came |
| 6 | Yes , I 've got yeah I know they did , but I think after a while they stopped doing that I think the latest ones you 'll find do n't , do n't do that , they gave , you know , after a while they gave that up , but I , I must check on that , I must check on . |
| 7 | He stopped crying when they arrived at the house . |
| 8 | His kisses and cuddles soothed me , and I stopped crying when he said : ‘ He 's a bad dog , and I 'll give him a good hiding for that . ’ |
| 9 | Della stopped crying and she washed her face . |
| 10 | He stopped reading when he saw her . |
| 11 | ‘ We sat on the sofa clinging on to one another until we stopped sobbing but I knew it was not over for her . ’ |
| 12 | He stopped talking as he glanced out of the window . |
| 13 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 14 | The messenger ambled out and for no good reason everybody stopped talking until they heard the lock click . |
| 15 | So the seamen stopped fighting and we took their guns . |
| 16 | I saw it , ’ and Chapman backed his players ' view : ‘ I could not see clearly from my position , but Arsenal , almost to a man , stopped playing and I do not think they would have done that unless they had been satisfied that the ball had been out of play , ’ he told the Sunday Express . |
| 17 | Luke stopped trying before she did , barely touching her and becoming increasingly uncommunicative . |
| 18 | The marriage stopped working because we stopped talking , and when things started going wrong , instead of addressing the issues head on , I began volunteer work for the Samaritans . |
| 19 | I stopped working because I decided that the only way to make it was to go full time . |
| 20 | He only stopped working when he ate or slept . |
| 21 | Once the drip was up and the monitor was on I was much less mobile but as I gained confidence I learnt how to put the monitor back on if it stopped working when I moved . |