Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] stopped for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flat Polish landscape stretched away into the marshes to the south-east , and I stopped for a moment and stared towards them . |
| 2 | But on the way she noticed a crowd listening to a preacher and she stopped for a while to join them . |
| 3 | That is until we stopped for a toilet break in a lay-by , when the howling gale and torrential rain lashed our naked bottoms like a Cabinet minister in a Soho sauna , and made me glad to be back in the car beside the sleeping-bags . |
| 4 | ‘ Go ! ’ she hissed at Ember , but he stopped for an agonizing moment to cover her better . |
| 5 | When we stopped for a picnic lunch we were pestered by a cheeky jackdaw which squabbled with seagulls for its share in the scraps of our sandwiches . |
| 6 | When they stopped for a beer rest before running through Act Two again — a fly-man was dispatched to the Oyster Bar with a hot-water jug stamped ‘ Property of Sefton General Hospital ’ — Meredith climbed into the orchestra pit to play the piano . |
| 7 | When he stopped for a moment to wipe the sweat from his brow , Trung laid a cautionary hand on his arm . |
| 8 | A glint of bright intelligence appeared in Cyril Causeley 's eyes as he stopped for a moment in his upward progress , and looked down at Greg : ‘ Ah , well — in this business you have to see the way the wind is blowing . |