Example sentences of "[vb past] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Six hours into the journey , and several thousand feet higher , we stopped at a small village to quench our thirst and refuel the jeep from rusty milk-cans . |
| 62 | On her way , out of shame that she would mess up the arrangements , she stopped at a small shop and got some fresh rolls and ham , some butter and some tins of Smithwicks bitter . |
| 63 | Twilight had crept out of hiding and was stealthily wrapping the dying day in lavender shrouds , before they stopped at a small trattoria alongside one of the quieter canals . |
| 64 | Some while later they stopped at a large setting loom , manned by five men ‘ beating up ’ , as Natasha explained , the chenille fur . |
| 65 | They stopped at a red light . |
| 66 | They stopped at a red light . |
| 67 | I forgot to say that on the way to the hot springs we stopped at a neolithic site where they have excavated and reconstructed the life of the people living there 6,000 years ago . |
| 68 | After dark he stopped at a Little Chef , had a quick meal of scrambled eggs and coffee , then continued his journey . |
| 69 | He stopped at a little roadside inn and found inside an old woman at work with a spinning wheel , like ‘ a dark silhouette out of a fairy tale ’ , and beyond her , through the window , the clear sky and a path through the delicate green , and geese pecking in the grass . |
| 70 | On the way to my next appointment with Denis King , a piano and some Joyce Grenfell songs , I stopped at a nearby theatre to smile winsomely at the box office boys in the hope that they 'd recognize me , in spite of my Titian disguise , and sell me some tickets for their sell-out play . |
| 71 | It stopped at the usual place , and a soldier in a red and gold uniform jumped down . |
| 72 | He stopped at the first opportunity , and emerged with a lead of 45secs . |
| 73 | We stopped at the first bar we came to and walked inside , to where Johnson and Fleming , two English legionnaires , were drinking . |
| 74 | We stopped at the far end just under the small choir loft where there was a recess leading up to the tower . |
| 75 | They stopped at the modern bungalow that was the home and office of the local police constable . |
| 76 | They stopped at the biggest hotel in the town , and went in to their rooms . |
| 77 | They stopped at the balustraded terrace overlooking the small lake , and leaned over ; below , enormous golden fish lay around in the green water . |
| 78 | When the train stopped at the all-too-active battlefield in the frozen wastes of the Siberian-Manchurian border , her only hope was to walk back along the railway track to the previous station : |
| 79 | I say nearly because he woke as I stopped at the next petrol station . |
| 80 | Elisabeth stopped at the old peat barge , the single landmark on an otherwise featureless wilderness . |
| 81 | Volkov stopped at an all-night cafe . |
| 82 | Rory sucked at the tiny wound and spat , trying to remove any dirt . |
| 83 | She ran her lithe tongue over the helmet of his quivering rod , and sucked at the trembling shaft like an angel from heaven . |
| 84 | He smiled without humour when Frankie sucked at the soap-filled cloth in order to sluice the taste of rancid beck-water from his mouth . |
| 85 | I sucked at the little trickle of blood from my finger . |
| 86 | SCOTTISH fencers excelled at the British Age Group Championships , Croydon . |
| 87 | He trained at the Central School of Art and Design , but never graduated , joining instead a group of frustrated designers , which included such budding innovationists as Mary Quant and Laura Ashley , who , like Conran himself , were eventually to become household names . |
| 88 | Mr Taylor , who trained at the Royal Ballet School with Mr Gable at the age of 16 , defended his report when he told the D & S on Wednesday : |
| 89 | Jess gaped at the clear instruction . |
| 90 | Paralysed with terror , Evelyn gaped at the thundering carriage moving inexorably down towards the tiny girl like a horror in a nightmare . |