Example sentences of "had come [prep] [art] halt " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simultaneous news that the Commander in Chief of the Army , von Brauchitsch , had been relieved of his duties and that Hitler himself had taken over the direct military leadership of the army , together with the undeniable fact that the German advance had come to a halt and the Soviet counter-attack close to Moscow could only be staved off with partial retreats , and , not least , the entry of the United States into the war , combined to produce the first major shock to the German population during the Second World War . |
| 2 | Sex between Henry and Elinor had come to a halt some four or five years ago and , from what Henry could remember about it , it was something that was better discontinued . |
| 3 | Before the stone had come to a halt it was pounced upon by the entire family who gleefully heaved the unfortunate lump of granite out through the back door and out of their lives ! |
| 4 | My ritual cataloguing had come to a halt . |
| 5 | The landlord had come to a halt . |
| 6 | Both Glovers had come to a halt now , mesmerised despite themselves . |
| 7 | It lent to his words an air of impressive finality , as if he had been thinking out each point for the first time and had come to a halt . |
| 8 | Guido had come to a halt , turning round to face her so that she almost ran right into him . |
| 9 | It was n't until they had come to a halt that she had felt able to raise her eyes from the floor and look at the two men standing by the alter rail . |
| 10 | Her eyes on where to place her feet , she failed to notice that Travis had come to a halt , and cannoned right into him . |