Example sentences of "[prep] a halt at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day Judge Raymond Dean was reminding us of the perils of ignoring men 's bestial nature-— ‘ Men ca n't turn their emotions on and off like a tap as some women can ’ ; the next , Prince Edward was vehemently denying his alleged homosexuality by expressing outrage that such an insult should be levelled at him ; meanwhile , on TV the Audi driver screeched to a halt at the hospital where — with toddler in arms — he managed narrowly to miss his second child 's birth , and Good Housekeeping boasted a curious advert showing New Man ( Audi safely in the garage ? ) in boxer shorts , cradling new baby , sitting on a German washing machine . |
| 2 | An up local slows to a halt at the signals on the edge of the woods . |
| 3 | As the freight train came slowly to a halt at the loop stop signal near the box , the fireman told the signalman of their problem who in turn reported the incident to the train control . |
| 4 | With its mainframe-based system , the machines ground to a halt at the end of each month as sales reports from shops and sales locations around the country had to be collated on the head-office mainframe . |
| 5 | The Doctor slid to a halt at the inner door to the main airlock . |
| 6 | Outside a car revved up its engine as it changed up a gear only to screech to a halt at the corner and roar off again . |
| 7 | She finally came to a halt at the very far end of the garden . |
| 8 | They pour into the backstage car park like expensive treacle and come to a halt at the crack of a whip . |
| 9 | Sabine brought the car to a halt at the side of the road . |
| 10 | The Prophet sprinted from the alley exit scant seconds before the first of the police cars roared out of the fog and screeched to a halt at the dark gap he had just left . |
| 11 | Within seconds he had screeched to a halt at the medical centre , and her fanciful ideas had vanished in the haste of their rush to help . |
| 12 | He rose and led them both down the stone steps , coming to a halt at the entrance to the vestry door . |
| 13 | So he suddenly came to a halt at the bottom of this stairs as it turned the corner , with the bottom of the wardrobe rammed into his chest , pinning him to the wall . |