Example sentences of "stopped [conj] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So — ’ He stopped and took a deep breath . |
| 2 | He stopped and drew a long breath and I stared at him and said : ‘ Are you serious ? ’ |
| 3 | But anyway the idea is that er the religion was , was suppressed in Ancient Egypt and because it was suppressed there , the people migrators went to the Promised Land , when they found the Promised Land there they stopped and founded a new , a new religious state , which of course is still with us . |
| 4 | He stopped and gave a little grunt of triumph . |
| 5 | Urquhart stopped and turned a few yards ahead of her . |
| 6 | We stopped and built a makeshift shelter to get away , as best we could , from snow that filtered its way through every opening to produce melt water that trickled coldly over us . |