Sentence examples for stopped by a number of from inspiring English sources

Apparently the relay stopped by a number of Silicon Valley tech offices today.

And throughout our interview, they were stopped by a number of people.

Using Bolgheri as a base, you can stop by a number of top wine estates in the area (reservations are required), among them Ornellaia, founded by Lodovico Antinori and now owned by another great Italian wine family, the Frescobaldis.

"When I walk with him on the street," Mr. Wolfson added, "he is stopped by an enormous number of people, more than anyone but the mayor, and all of it positive".

Although an invading force from Albania could be stopped by a relatively small number of troops positioned in the high Pindus mountains, the northeastern part of the country was difficult to defend against an attack from the north.

"He stopped by my place a number of times," said Varèse.

The restaurant has a gallery of writers' photographs; one of the writers on display, Robin Moore, has stopped by the Traveler a number of times.

The reports of high prevalence of FGM in Iraqi Kurdistan region in 2007 resulted in launching the campaign of "Stop FGM in Kurdistan" by a number of civil society organizations and women's rights groups.

A number of other attempts were stopped by a guard who was posted at the spot.

Representatives of the Stop The War Coalition, supported by a number of MPs, delivered a letter to the home secretary, Charles Clarke, calling on the government to reverse the ban imposed by the council.

In the past few months he has been stopped and questioned by police a number of times.