Example sentences of "[pers pn] stopped for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stopped for a second and tried to think what my conclusive proof was . |
| 2 | I stopped for a bite at an eating-place that was in a huge hove-bubble , drifting slowly about the roof-tops along one of the main spiral streets intersecting the city centre . |
| 3 | A psychological astronomer , I calculated its apogee at approximately 2 to 3 o'clock , unless of course I stopped for a drink . |
| 4 | The flat Polish landscape stretched away into the marshes to the south-east , and I stopped for a moment and stared towards them . |
| 5 | She stopped for a second to point something out to the Doctor . |
| 6 | She stopped for a minute and looked out at the fields . |
| 7 | But on the way she noticed a crowd listening to a preacher and she stopped for a while to join them . |
| 8 | She stopped for a moment and took a deep breath before checking the next crate . |
| 9 | She took her notepad from the pocket of her apron as she went , and at the doorway she stopped for a moment as if to gather herself . |
| 10 | She stopped for a moment , and put her shoes back on for walking on the hard tarmac . |
| 11 | She stopped for a moment , as if the basket were overburdening her , and put it down . |
| 12 | She stopped for a moment to brush the dust from her hands and clothes and set off back to the house . |
| 13 | She stopped for a moment , and gazed at it with pleasure , and saw how huge it was , surging against the rocks with far more power and energy than it had in the shelter of the estuary , flinging plumes of spray about in a reckless manner and dragging back to gather itself for the next rush forward . |
| 14 | She stopped for a moment to get her bearings . |
| 15 | She stopped for a moment . |
| 16 | She stopped for a moment , then said suddenly , ‘ Let's look them up in the veterinary register and see roughly how old they are , judging from the year they qualified . ’ |
| 17 | She stopped for a moment and eyed Sophie thoughtfully . |
| 18 | She stopped for a breath and took a step nearer her mother . |
| 19 | Mid-way , after a long , hard time , we stopped for a rest — at least , as much of a rest as you can get standing in knee-deep water unable to put down your rucsac . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | We stopped for a while and , leaving Billy well secured outside with Pat , took our headlamps and torches and walked into the level . |
| 22 | We 'd have got here sooner only we stopped for a bite of something . |
| 23 | ‘ We stopped for a swim near Tala-Tala . |
| 24 | The bubbling song of whimbrel mingled with the excited yelping of breeding redshank could be heard whenever we stopped for a break . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Before reaching the summit we stopped for a snack at Dock Tarn , sure one of the most underestimated spots in the Lakes . |
| 27 | We stopped for a snack and were introduced to gorp ( good old raisins and peanuts ) , rather like a trail mix for energy . |
| 28 | We stopped for a breather at Porthmelgan , a small sheltered beach tucked in on the south of the headland , before starting down the hill to look at the outline of St David 's Head with its craggy 500 million year old rocks . |
| 29 | Shortly after two , when all the roofs were off , they stopped for a bite and a drink . |
| 30 | 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 . |