Example sentences of "lead [pers pn] to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philpott led them to a pale-blue door at the end of the passage . |
| 2 | At noon , the exhausted Pack gathered together and Brown Owl led them to a shady area . |
| 3 | Anderson captained Ireland on their short tour of France , led them to an unexpected victory over a French XV and keeps the job now but age and waning powers put a question-mark over his selection for the team at all . |
| 4 | I skulked down one side of the garden and went through the arch which led me to a walled garden in the middle of which there was a fountain playing . |
| 5 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 6 | Where was Um Al-Farajh , I asked him , and he led me to a large square of fir trees and pointed to the earth . |
| 7 | To lead you to an overwhelming question … |
| 8 | When Donald examined his wire in the last stages of the illness it might be necessary to lead him to a medical textbook and steer those calm , grey eyes in the direction of the chapter headed ‘ The Guillain-Barré Syndrome ’ . |
| 9 | A useful outcome is the third ingredient , for what would be the point of skills that led you to a useless outcome ? |
| 10 | She smilingly explains that the scanner is a sort of lie-down X-ray and leads me to a narrow bed that slides inch by inch through what looks like a dry-cleaning machine . |
| 11 | If you follow it along from the historical site it leads you to a perfect waterfall , and then to a point where flat grass lies between the vertical gorge sides . |
| 12 | This leads us to a fundamental distinction in the character of critical judgements , a distinction between what I shall call internal and external criteria of judgement . |
| 13 | His devotional works are full of joy ; religion , he said , ‘ leads us to a huge felicity through pleasant ways ’ . |
| 14 | This leads us to a brief discussion of the developments within these fields since the time when the early sociologists were working . |
| 15 | That finding leads us to a shocking conclusion : a gesture is more individual than an individual . |
| 16 | He led her to a tiny table in one corner , and she resolutely ignored the fact that nearly everyone else — the place was surprisingly crowded — wore slinky and fashionable black . |
| 17 | I led her to a small shelter in the Palace side of the Park . |
| 18 | Dorothy 's acute and sympathetic judgement that Racedown summer led her to a similar conclusion almost at once . |
| 19 | He led her to a shady café , where small tables were set out in the shadow of some tall plane trees , whose leafy patterns fell over the white tables . |
| 20 | He led her to a waiting taxi and , as he held the door for her , for a brief instant their eyes met . |
| 21 | Meredith 's mouth was open beneath her mask as Lucenzo imperiously led her to a favoured seat , followed by a posse of attentive waiters . |
| 22 | Whether or not her swingometer led her to an appropriate purchasing decision , he has n't heard ; in fact , she was dowsing only the organic wines , so it was n't a completely random process . |
| 23 | The ‘ thing ’ led him to a certain way of thinking . |
| 24 | Someone grabbed his arm , and led him to a waiting horse on which he galloped away leaving behind his winnings . |
| 25 | Many aspects of his analysis were similar to those advanced by Blauner , but they led him to an opposite conclusion . |
| 26 | Their one real clue from the Executive killings had led them to a small Ping Tiao cell in the Mids fifty li south of Bremen . |
| 27 | Their individual programming of experience will lead them to a different viewpoint of the world and circumstances . |
| 28 | I find that when I am stuck on a problem , a simple contemplation of different problem solving techniques can lead me to a new approach . |
| 29 | Iii case this book should be read by some fundamentalist searching for straws to prop up his prejudices , let me state categorically that all my experience ( such as it is ) has led me to an unqualified acceptance of evolution by natural selection as a sufficient explanation for what I have seen in the fossil record . |
| 30 | ( h ) I have no evidence at all from her mother or from any other source that Miss T. 's following of some of the beliefs and some of the practices is so well thought out or deeply considered or sincerely held that the conviction is one which would necessarily lead her to an irrevocable refusal . |