Example sentences of "stopped just " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mortaring stopped just as suddenly as it had started , and it was quiet again . |
| 2 | A jeep stopped just outside Brigade H.Q The two stretchers it carried contained two bodies , each wrapped tightly in an Army blanket . |
| 3 | He stopped just in time , teetering on the edge . |
| 4 | For some unaccountable reason the horses drawing the cart stopped just inches short of crushing him to death . |
| 5 | ‘ I stopped just behind you but before I could get out of the car you were well away . |
| 6 | It stopped just outside my cell . |
| 7 | They stopped just beyond the steps of the food office and , all the irritation seeming to flow from him , he looked at her meekly now as he said , ‘ I may not see you again for weeks . |
| 8 | It stopped just outside the hole . |
| 9 | Lydia was clad in an outfit which like many very beautiful things stopped just short of being ridiculous , hovering on the brink of parody . |
| 10 | His face and hands were white and very wrinkled , but any signs of extreme age stopped just below his jawline and just above his wrists . |
| 11 | They stopped just short of where the path ended in the yard . |
| 12 | Maxim stopped just inside the door to the public bar and looked around . |
| 13 | They stopped just over the brow of a hill . |
| 14 | FitzAlan stopped just out of earshot of the room , his free hand covering Isabel 's before she could remove it . |
| 15 | The low sun made the street wall cast a long black shadow over half the garden , but it stopped just to the right of her patch . |
| 16 | Conversation between brother and sister was conducted at a level of mutual aggression which stopped just short of exploding into a row . |
| 17 | He stopped just short of the swell of her breast . |
| 18 | Almost called you a witch there but I stopped just in time because it 's not |