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She had closed the door and started up to the second floor when the elevator came to a halt.

As he paid this compliment to the merit of the absent charmer, MR. Brass came to a halt, looking doubtfully towards the light.

So, finally, at the end, we can see the thing followed its sort of design path right up to 1965. And then all those paths came to a halt.

In Europe consolidation came to a halt after three big mergers at the end of the last decade.

So Joab blew the trumpet, and all the men came to a halt; they no longer pursued Israel, nor did they fight anymore.

AS soon as Benn Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt stopped me by the arm, and sat down.

The path came to a halt at a certain spot, over which the topmost branches of ancient beech trees interwoven a transparent canopy of leaves.

THE BEATEN-UP RED car crunched up the driveway and came to a halt outside an English manor house.

Finally, it all came to a halt, with only Leehom's laboured breathing punctuating the silence.

Thus it came about that the forward motion of progressivism came to a halt in the early uncertain months of 1939.

Once he got a cement truck to stop. He sat in front of it and barked until it came to a halt.

After we have walked along at a rapid pace for about half an hour. Mike suddenly came to a halt.

Instead, my routine came to a halt as I dealt with my medical emergency.

He also wrote about a trip to K2 - via an unusual route, he says - but came to a halt when the air got too thin for smokers.

And when the reggae singer, the racing driver and the footballer died before their time, their homelands came to a halt in salute.

"Communication on critical issues came to a halt and the separation was palpable. "

Overnight, work on the new station came to a halt, delaying the entire tunnel rail link.

Sofia and Alex came to a halt and both tried to regain their breath.

Air traffic over much of Europe came to a halt for six days because of the huge cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland.

The wheels of history were rolling on, but we came to a halt and fell behind others.

The country came to a halt for two minutes at noon as sirens blared to remember the dead.

The car came to a halt just in time to avoid hitting the motorcycle in front of it.

Investment in deep-sea mineral extraction came to a halt.

Finally a note when it came to a halt, the old class stand in front of holding a pile of papers.

She also believes that scientific progress came to a halt after Gerbert's death in 1003.

When the aeroplane finally came to a halt, it seemed so orderly inside.

The train came to a halt just in time to prevent an accident.

The two cars slowed and, once again, came to a halt.

River trade came to a halt as vessels ran aground.

The following year, house-price inflation came to a halt.

The car slowed and came to a halt opposite a young lady.

During the 1970s and 1980s the labour markets for men and women became less segregated, but that trend came to a halt in the mid-1990s.

When the film was being shot on location, so many people stopped to watch that traffic came to a halt.

Work was came to a halt when the machine broke down.

Work came to a halt when the machine broke down.

The group of tourists came to a halt outside the museum.

The car came to a halt just in time to prevent an accident.

The car came to a halt in time to prevent an accident.