Example sentences of "[vb past] stopped at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I reckoned that if a star got stopped at the edge , I 'd be safe , what with my rocket and all . ’ |
| 2 | Her handbag had fallen behind the car seat when she 'd stopped at the traffic lights in town so several minutes were lost as she scrabbled for her pass , then when she drove into the car park she could n't immediately find a space and had to drive round several times . |
| 3 | There was about an inch of water covering the floor that she was certain had n't been there when they 'd stopped at the cupboard . |
| 4 | The car had stopped at the quarry in the pitch darkness , and , Mr O'Donnell said , he had been dragged out and beaten again by the men , including McPherson . |
| 5 | They were riding back from Castlegregory , and had stopped at the top of the Connor Pass to rest their horses . |
| 6 | Sharpe had stopped at the ford to let the horses drink . |
| 7 | As we waited for the lights to change I noticed a sleek white sports car which had stopped at the foot of the church steps to take in a passenger . |
| 8 | The soldier from the Dishforth-based Army Air Corps had stopped at the station to ask directions but on the way out of the car park he crashed his four ton truck into a wall knocking it down . |
| 9 | They had claimed containers of worms found in their car had been dug in an unprotected area elsewhere and that they had stopped at the bay to gather mussels . |
| 10 | The crossflow of cars had stopped at the sound of the approaching siren and now drivers and passengers and a small number of pedestrians were all looking around , uncertain of the direction . |