Example sentences of "stop at the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stopped at the first opportunity , and emerged with a lead of 45secs . |
| 2 | We stopped at the first bar we came to and walked inside , to where Johnson and Fleming , two English legionnaires , were drinking . |
| 3 | I say nearly because he woke as I stopped at the next petrol station . |
| 4 | It 's kind of late now and I 'm in no condition to drive so when I get the 205 I only take it as far as the outskirts of Inverness where I stop at the first lit Bed and Breakfast sign I see and talk politely and slowly to the pleasant middle-aged couple from Glasgow who run the place and then say goodnight , close the door of my room and fall fast asleep on the bed without even taking off my jacket . |
| 5 | ‘ Stop at the next phone box , would you ? ’ |
| 6 | Stop at the next service station , Julius , and let me out . ’ |
| 7 | They had had to pass straight through some of the villages which were completely full and did not know where they would go next , but would stop at the first village in which they could park their coach . |
| 8 | Maxim stopped at the first phone box ; Tanner was out of the car well before him . |
| 9 | It contrasts so vividly with the centesimal system where the remedy may well be given as a single dose and even when several doses are taken is usually stopped at the first sign of improvement . |
| 10 | It sounded as though the lift stopped at the first floor but immediately the sounds resumed and it was rising , she thought , to the second floor . |
| 11 | The lift stopped at the first floor where they glimpsed Jeffrey Archer saying goodbye to a departing guest . |
| 12 | Our company is exchanging greetings with the young soldiers when suddenly a white car refuses to stop at the next checkpoint up the street — braking only slightly and seeking to swerve past the two soldiers . |
| 13 | For example , one stop at the second fence and one at the third results in a total of 40 penalties ( 20 + 20 ) , whereas two stops at the second obstacle gives a total of 60 penalties ( 20 + 40 ) . |
| 14 | And when he gets it on , the , the C and D truck it sets off , what happens when he stops at the first set of traffic lights ? or turns out ? |