1.   At all events the pursuit came to a sudden halt and Henry was able to make good his escape in peace.

2.   He came to such a sudden halt that the pedestrian behind only just stopped himself bumping into Adam.

3.   My happiness was brought to a sudden halt by the death of my father.

4.   The Glory shuddered to a sudden halt on the grassy slope in front of the Monument and they were thrown forward against their seat-belts.

5.   Then it came to a sudden halt and reversed back towards me with a high-pitched whine.

6.   They either wobble around on their bikes or screech to a sudden halt.

7.   And the price controls seem to have brought new cable services, which flowered before price controls, to a sudden halt.

8.   Butterfly swimmers screech to sudden halts.

9.   Last week, as he drove over the Whitestone Bridge, he panicked when the cars in front of him came to a sudden halt.

10.   Pictet Canada Ltd., however, had its business come to a sudden halt this morning when the investment firm lost power at its Montreal office building.