Example sentences of "i stopped [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1	On my way back to Sunset I stopped at the press trailer .
2	For some reason , Thomas ‘ we make music together ’ Carter crossed my mind , so after delivering the keys to the mechanic I stopped at the ticket agency .
3	On Crag Hill I stopped at the cairn to look down on Dentdale spread below me , Helms Knott , the Howgills and the distant forms of Cross Fell , Dun Fell and , facing me , the long ridge of Barbondale .
4	I stopped at the Duke of Wellington — a scruffy corner boozer off Union Street — just long enough to buy two cheese rolls and a can of low-al lager to go .
5	Before tearing myself away , I stopped at the edge of the market beside the asparagus-seller .
6	Leithen and I stopped at the top of the hill and looked down again into the little green valley .
7	I stopped at the church for my lunch , sitting on a hot tombstone looking out across the fields to Semer Water .
8	I stopped at the bin .
9	I stopped at the corner of Bleeker Street .
10	I stopped at the garage to fill up a can for the mower .
11	‘ I had , ’ said Rosalind , hurrying in , ‘ but I stopped at the post-office to get a stamp for my letter and it was closed and the wretched stamp-machine was empty .
12	I stopped at the house to give my condolences to Mr and Mrs Gould .
13	Selvini Palazzoli quotes a dream related by one of these latter cases : ‘ On my way home from the convent I stopped outside the hospital .
14	I stopped in the lane for a moment , as I often do , before I climbed the steps to the front door , and looked in through the windows .
15	Halfway home I stopped in the mist to listen , and I could still hear the sound of the file .
16	It so fascinated me that I stopped in the middle of the subway .
17	At Kingsdale I stopped by the road and had a bite to eat before striking off up the fell to Whernside , following the wall that leads upwards towards the summit .

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