Example sentences of "have stop [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he told them he 'd stopped in the fast lane instead of moving to the hard shoulder because he did n't want to ruin his tyre by driving on after a puncture . |
| 2 | ‘ Then we 'll just have to stop at the first one , ’ Isabel declared . |
| 3 | Having to stop on every other move to bury one hand at a time in the confines of barely warm armpits made for rather a stilted ascent , but it was worth it . |
| 4 | The party may claim to be in the vanguard of history , but its clock seems to have stopped in the 1950s . |
| 5 | They had stopped on a small rise , at Bernice 's insistence , to compare stories and devise plans . |
| 6 | Above him , Jimmy had stopped on the first landing and was looking back . |
| 7 | They had stopped on the high point , where they could look across their own little valley to the dark sea , and back into another valley lined with lush woods . |
| 8 | He was reminded of the statements of the stableman who had joined him for a drink at the Bull , situated at the end of Cross Street , and of the café owner where he had stopped for a fried breakfast . |
| 9 | Cranston , who had stopped at a local tavern to refill his miraculous wineskin , was full of chatter and speculation . |
| 10 | In assuming that it may be rational to be a sceptic about value alone , we had stopped at an uncomfortable halfway house between philosophy and common sense , between the pure thinker who doubts everything and the plain man who questions neither what he sees nor what he likes or dislikes . |
| 11 | Geoffrey had stopped outside the fourth ground-floor window from the garden door — Loretta was relieved to observe a lack of lights in the rooms adjoining it — and was already slipping his ruler into the gap between the two parts of the sash window . |
| 12 | She had stopped in a busy street in Cardiff city centre after a shopping trip , and left the engine running after hearing a strange noise . |
| 13 | The Dodger and Charley Bates , not wanting to attract attention to themselves by running down the street , had stopped round the first corner . |
| 14 | ‘ I had to stop for a quick drink on the way home with John Dyson , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Once they had to stop at a red light , and they heard Donald whimpering . |
| 16 | Of course they had to stop at the nearest tavern for Sir John to take refreshment and S over his sword play , step by step , blow by blow . |