Example sentences of "stop at " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stopped at an off-licence and recklessly bought pink champagne . |
| 2 | We stopped at one of his regular suppliers and cadged a few sea urchins , then the knife to eat them with . |
| 3 | Passengers on the 5.18pm train from Waterloo in London to Alton , Hampshire , were enraged when it stopped at Woking , Surrey , and the driver said it would not go further . |
| 4 | Tony stopped at a slit trench . |
| 5 | We stopped at a gap in the hedge as the road swung round to the left . |
| 6 | We stopped at Trondheim and Bodø , and then at Bardufoss . |
| 7 | It was too late to go to the campsite , or even to get a bus out of town , so we stopped at a hotel where they worried about us and charged too much for Coke . |
| 8 | He stopped at the first opportunity , and emerged with a lead of 45secs . |
| 9 | On the way , they stopped at a farmhouse that was about to be put up for sale . |
| 10 | Exactly a week later I suddenly went to Oxford by the most impossible train which stopped at every station . |
| 11 | He stopped at the door and smiled at her . |
| 12 | He stopped at this thought , wondering if dogs came along here frequently . |
| 13 | McLeish stopped at the door of the interview room and looked in through the spy-hole , wanting to get some feel for the evidently hostile and , by all accounts , neurotic Penelope Huntley . |
| 14 | They stopped at a roadside café for something to eat and were wished bon appetit , without a trace of sarcasm , by the lorry drivers . |
| 15 | He stopped at the Pâtisserie and emerged with an elegant box bearing the insignia of the French Federation of Master Bakers . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Charles stopped at the door as the others filed out . |
| 18 | We must stop , as we stopped at the end of the story of the binding of Isaac , that other story about God bringing a bearer of his promises to the brink of death , and ask more about what has been going on . |
| 19 | It was hot , dusty work checking endless fencing and huge flocks of sheep ; so every now and then they stopped at a trough at one of the wells , so that Jester could drink and his owner could splash his face and arms in the water . |
| 20 | First of all , we stopped at Cong , a small town of white houses . |
| 21 | To my delight , we stopped at a bothy , a long white cabin with a small door in the middle , deep-set windows and a roof of orange thatch . |
| 22 | Eventually he stopped at the window-seat and sat down by Elisabeth : ‘ He says we should ask Fru Gertlinger and Fru Børre to act as caretakers of the houses on the usual terms until further notice . |
| 23 | Elisabeth stopped at the old peat barge , the single landmark on an otherwise featureless wilderness . |
| 24 | He finally told them when they stopped at a restaurant on their return from London on Sunday afternoon . |
| 25 | He had no better luck when he went to Hollywood in the Seventies and attempted ( unsuccessfully ) to produce a number of intriguing projects , including a cinema version of Ian Gibson 's book on the death of Garca Lorca , to have been directed by Francesco Rosi , director of Christ Stopped at Eboli . |
| 26 | Here she stopped at me . |
| 27 | He stopped at No 18 and tried the handle . |
| 28 | They stopped at a body which had n't been identified . |
| 29 | Some while later they stopped at a large setting loom , manned by five men ‘ beating up ’ , as Natasha explained , the chenille fur . |
| 30 | He stopped at the foot of the stairs and stared at her . |