Example sentences of "brought her to a " in BNC.

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1 Her legs brought her to a halt in front of a glass case containing a Leeds dinner-service .
2 It was being made to feel redundant that brought her to a standstill .
3 Five months after the accident , her mother brought her to a specialist treatment centre in London .
4 VISION OF LIVELINESS : This is the Big Cat that purred along at ninety yesterday … until John brought her to a shuddering halt by blowing up the engine
5 What brought her to a standstill was the realisation that her bedroom was under the eaves , so that the walls angled sharply towards the ceiling , lending the room a special character .
6 Seb let himself out through the gate and Carrie was half-way back to the house when his soft call brought her to a halt .
7 She 'd gone only a short way when some sixth sense brought her to a halt in the nick of time .
8 And he nibbled at her lips again , before catching them in another long exploratory kiss that brought her to a threshold of physical pleasure she had never before experienced .
9 like I once read a book where this girl she wanted to be a doctor and they brought her to a nursery for work experience
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