Example sentences of "stopped [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We stopped for the night a mile down the road just out of sight . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm glad you stopped for the children . |
| 3 | They stopped for the night in a small village a day 's ride from the foot of the mountain . |
| 4 | We crossed into Germany and stopped for the night at a service station between Speyer and Karlsruhe . |
| 5 | It was raining by the time they stopped for the night . |
| 6 | At the door , she stopped for the last time . |
| 7 | Consequently Paige 's nerves were stretched as tight as a drum by the time they stopped for the night on the banks of one of the streams they had waded through . |
| 8 | Shearson was left holding the baby when the music stopped after the buyout : J H Whitney Co , leading the buyout , had persuaded Shearson to put up a bridging loan , and that it would easily be able to sell much of it on ; in the event , the junk bond market collapsed and no-one wanted it . |
| 9 | This stopped after the bad winter of 1962–3 in the face of increasing competition from road transport on the new motorway system . |
| 10 | She stopped opposite the desk , rested her hands on the surface and leaned nearer . |
| 11 | that stopped behind the beech and clothed it |
| 12 | It stopped near the table and bowed , putting its small gloved hands into the opposing cuffs of its robe . |
| 13 | They drove back to Monte Samana in silence , and Miguel stopped near the medical centre . |
| 14 | Well we had some nice ones from that van that stopped near the |
| 15 | He stopped with the door handle in his hand and quietly said , ‘ Yes , I 'll come back some day when you are gone and I 'll find where you 've hidden the gun , for you would n't have dared take it outside this room , would you ? |
| 16 | He stopped before the beard and they entered the building together . |
| 17 | Jinkwa stopped before the General . |
| 18 | But they stopped before the bridge and Sam told the groom he could go home again and meet them back in the centre of the town in two hours . |
| 19 | Nicolo 's mouth twisted as he stopped before the platform and looked up at her . |
| 20 | promising life like frantic oracles ; and they only stopped in the morning , promised |
| 21 | and they only stopped in the morning , |
| 22 | He stopped in the living room doorway and looked , appalled , at the room . |
| 23 | He followed her , but stopped in the living room doorway and looked at the room . |
| 24 | She stopped in the shelter of a stone wall , drank a cup of coffee , consulted the map and decided to aim for a twenty-five mile circuit which would bring her out , eventually , at the foot of the steep hill near the village . |
| 25 | Instead of crossing over to the hide as he 'd intended , he stopped in the trees by the pool . |
| 26 | Bella stopped in the middle of the kitchen with a huge pile of plates and said quietly , ‘ Is that what you really want ? |
| 27 | She stopped in the path , remembering ; her head tilted to one side . |
| 28 | Eventually it stopped in the middle of nowhere . |
| 29 | He stopped in the middle of the swing bridge over the canal and watched a couple of local boys fishing from the bank . |
| 30 | Nicholas stopped in the act of rising . |