Example sentences of "[noun] finally [verb] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The car finally came to a halt outside the house , and Jessamy looked around , a small frown drawing her brows together . |
| 2 | When the car finally came to a halt , she looked straight ahead of her , not daring to look at him . |
| 3 | The car finally ground to a halt against the remains of a silk stall , a knot of scarves caught around one axle . |
| 4 | The Yugo finally skidded to a halt upside down and straddling the middle lane . |
| 5 | But the long haul through the muddy roads slowed the horses ' progress almost to a walk , and it was not until after five in the evening that the vehicle finally came to a halt outside the George inn in Mountsorrel , a little place some distance before the larger town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch . |
| 6 | When the issue finally came to a vote in the form of the February 1992 resolution , it reflected the bitterly partisan nature of the debate , with no Republican voting for the measure and 34 Democrats opposing it . |
| 7 | The alleged killers finally drove to a field near Burton Salmon , North Yorks , where they set fire to their car and escaped on foot . |
| 8 | One evening , three weeks later , things finally came to a head when Ned booted the former love of his life out of the basket onto the kitchen floor . |
| 9 | The locked wheels shrieked as they slid along the rails and the train finally shuddered to a halt in a cloud of hissing steam . |
| 10 | Opposing factions including the Khmer Rouge finally agreed to a ceasefire last October , and formed a four-party interim coalition , with each component administering its own territory . |
| 11 | Henry 's failure to attend and comply with imperial councils finally led to a declaration of forfeiture of his fiefs , and the title of Duke of Saxony was conferred upon Bernard of Anhalt , the younger of son of Albrecht the Bear . |