Example sentences of "stopped off at [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is set to play his first UK dates since the Tunnel Of Love Tour stopped off at Wembley Stadium in 1988 . |
2 | I stopped off at Jim Groeling 's place — a fine old barn — to discuss some architectural drawings with him . |
3 | FIFTEEN people from 10 different European countries stopped off at Londonderry yesterday to take at look at how the different cultural traditions work in Northern Ireland . |
4 | Well he , he , they were on their way to Norwich but they stopped off at Ipswich for a lunch , you see , and er I had , I looked after them , so , so that it should n't interrupt the other girls behind the counter or , or the waiter who was looking after his regular customers in the dining room , you see , er and so I used to erm and once I had I remember there was six black doctors came in and er and I was glad because it was nice to move about and instead of sticking in the office typing and then going out all alone , you see , while the Manager was on the district , you see , I liked it and er anyway that was a long time ago . |
5 | The keen environmentalist , whose tour stopped off at Middlesbrough last week , visited a rejuvenated copse in Southwood , Coulby Newham . |
6 | Mr. Pexton stopped off at Hartley Park Farm — the site of a successful mini-business park . |
7 | We stopped off at Nonza where the only sound to be heard in the morning air was children singing . |
8 | We stopped off at Wagener 's Museum , a one-man collection of nearly everything ; Maori artefacts , washing machines , gramophones , even chamber pots of every size shape and colour . |
9 | He stopped off at Dingwall for a sketch or two and rejoined the train in Inverness . |
10 | WE stopped off at Kouloura , only a mile from Albania across the sea . |