1.   I dropped to the floor, hopeful I had found a gap in the defences, and stopped dead.

2.   Three times his donkey saw the invisible angel sent by God, and stopped dead.

3.   Ruth got as far as the doorway and stopped dead.

4.   Amazement and fury combined in a sudden rush and she stopped dead in her tracks, whirling round on him.

5.   Others may be disappointed that the investigation of the Clinton pardons has stalled, if not stopped dead.

6.   Punts fell from the sky and stopped dead, like sand wedge shots into a soft green.