Example sentences of "they stopped at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stopped at a small bar where everybody spoke Irish , which made Jessica feel very odd , as if she had wandered to a very foreign country , then drove out along the switchback road laid on the bog , through soil so thin and bitter that the white stone bones of Ireland protruded everywhere , mocking the tiny ancient farmsteads where generations had failed even to subsist . |
| 2 | Twilight had crept out of hiding and was stealthily wrapping the dying day in lavender shrouds , before they stopped at a small trattoria alongside one of the quieter canals . |
| 3 | At a little after one of the sunny afternoon clock they stopped at a vast motorway services area thingy . |
| 4 | They stopped at a red light . |
| 5 | They stopped at a red light . |
| 6 | Some while later they stopped at a large setting loom , manned by five men ‘ beating up ’ , as Natasha explained , the chenille fur . |