Example sentences of "i stopped at 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 .
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