Example sentences of "[noun sg] stopped at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the Johannesburg commuter system , all station platforms were divided in half , for Whites and non-Whites respectively , and the trains were similarly divided so that the appropriate part stopped at the relevant stretch of platform . |
| 2 | If the contra operation worked , Central America would be saved for democracy and Communism stopped at the doorstep of the United States . |
| 3 | Standing motionless behind the curtains on the front landing , her right hand cupped round the pale flicker of her night-light , Eleanor Kerrison watched the sudden red blaze of the Rover 's rear lights as the car stopped at the gate before turning left and accelerating out of sight . |
| 4 | Out shopping with his mother one day , a small boy stopped at the bottom of an escalator and refused to budge . |
| 5 | As Gabriel was watching , the cart stopped at the top of the hill , and the driver climbed down to go back and fetch something that had fallen off . |
| 6 | The cab stopped at the street intersection he 'd been given , his passenger paid him , took time drawing on his gloves until the cab was gone . |
| 7 | It sounded as though the lift stopped at the first floor but immediately the sounds resumed and it was rising , she thought , to the second floor . |
| 8 | The lift stopped at the first floor where they glimpsed Jeffrey Archer saying goodbye to a departing guest . |
| 9 | They sat together on the rattling tram , Fred holding her hand and Carrie biting her bottom lip in frustration as the tram stopped at the Tower Bridge Hotel for the conductor to alter the points . |
| 10 | Emma-Jane Mac , in marvellous form throughout the week , looked as though she might beat his time until Everest Oyster stopped at the penultimate fence . |
| 11 | The bus stopped at the traffic lights and I could see him counting his £1 coins . |