Example sentences of "stopped [to-vb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stopped to look at the shore . |
| 2 | Edouard was on horseback ; he stopped to look at the child , who was about eight or nine years old , and exceptionally beautiful . |
| 3 | If only one stopped to look at the shape of the garment and the stitch used , it might well be just what we have been looking for ! |
| 4 | ‘ We toured the Transport Museum , ’ said Peter , ‘ and Alexander Karaulov and I stopped to look at the autogyro on display . |
| 5 | He stopped to look at the house and saw below it , on the shore , a large rectangular basin which seemed to have been blasted out of the rock at the foot of the cliff . |
| 6 | ‘ What happened , ’ says an attendant parent , ‘ is that our defence stopped to look at the train . |
| 7 | The couple met when Heath stopped to help at an accident outside her home near Pontypridd , Mid-Glamorgan , the court heard . |
| 8 | He stopped to peer at the pool below through a ‘ crack ’ in the water , rather as though someone was peeping through lace curtains . |