Sentence examples for stopped to light from inspiring English sources

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He stopped to light a cigarette, Wills, the brand Udayan had smoked.

As they got into her car, the man stopped to light a cigarette, and she thought he was staring at them.

He stopped to light up but Mr. Unger waved him away; the area smelled of natural gas, from a leaking pipe somewhere nearby.

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We have travelled from London on the same train and, once away from the railways' total ban, they stop to light up.

Stopping to light a cigarette, he says, "So last night I was at this dinner party, and I got into a fight with this girl -- she called me a decorator".

In addition to this essay, "A Plea for Gas Lamps," there is another, "The Lantern Bearers," and his poem for children, "The Lamplighter," which celebrates an old custom: "For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door, / And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more".

Necci morphs from local breakfast stop to light lunch venue, afternoon cafe, early evening wine and aperitivo bar and serious restaurant as the day progresses.

Later, after Sholeh and Ali had gone to bed, Parshaw and I watched the characters in the film stop to light a candle at a tiny shrine built into the side of a building.

So, Low has transported the concept of the bus stop to street light posts and even the smartphone we carry in our pocket.

He stopped to look at the midsummer light bouncing off the hoods of the cars lined up alongside the park.

First, though, she stopped to turn off the Christmas lights.

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