1.   Every time I hit the brakes it was grin-and-bear-it stuff.

2.   Hit the brakes!

3.   I turned into a gentle left hand bend, saw a queue of cars ahead and hit the brake.

4.   Maria hit the brakes just in time.

5.   The blonde hit the brakes too late and the wheels cut and thrust into the water, screaming.

6.   The chain-link fence swerved in, and this time I hit the brakes hard.

7.   As evidence mounts that the economy is hitting the brakes, stocks that depend on rapid growth appear to be the most vulnerable.

8.   As he came off the front stretch and into the first turn, he hit the brakes, but nothing good happened.

9.   As I hit the brakes, I started sliding.

10.   A fruit truck hit the brakes, a tour bus hit the fruit truck, pineapples hit the ground and we missed the whole thing by inches.