Example sentences of "lead [pers pn] into [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A young man in an immaculate dark blue suit took over from the young woman who had met them at the elevator and led them into a vast room , furnished with antiques . |
| 2 | Flunkeys led them into a private part of La Noblesse where they were warmly greeted by an expansive Grunte , who presented the ladies with a flower and with grave courtesy showed each to her seat . |
| 3 | It seems at first quite astonishing to learn that neither the inventory in Jacques 's marriage contract nor that made after death provides any evidence that he was a flute-player or maker ; they seem to contradict the generally held view that he was a maker - a view which is supported by an entry in von Uffenbach 's diary which records a visit he paid Jacques in 1715 : ‘ He [ Jacques ] led me into a tidy room and showed me there many beautiful transverse flutes that he himself makes and from which he wishes to gain special profit . ’ |
| 4 | She returned a few minutes later and somewhat grudgingly led me into a little room at the back . |
| 5 | I waited in the office for an hour before she led me into a darkened side ward . |
| 6 | The proprietor led me into the windowless gloom . |
| 7 | She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby . |
| 8 | So Swindon have a new man to lead them into the Premier League . |
| 9 | God under takes to teach us through the Spirit if we will allow him to lead us into a closer understanding of and obedience to Jesus Christ . |
| 10 | The first hundred yards ' walking up the gill leads you into the rocky vault of Lower Ease Gill Kirk . |
| 11 | There 's a somewhat lighter tone to The Wicked Lady ( 1945 ) , another big hit , in which Lockwood is the aristocratic wife whose passion for living and sense that if ‘ I ca n't live while I 'm alive , I 'll go mad ’ leads her into a double life as a highwaywoman . |
| 12 | Our very success is leading us into a dangerous future … |
| 13 | This last drawing exercise is a summary of the simple process of thinking which leads us into a deeper appreciation of how we have come to be what we are . |
| 14 | This leads us into the next stage of whole-healing , namely diet . |
| 15 | I stood up , took Flavia 's hand and led her into a little room . |
| 16 | Willi led her into a huge living-room with a window looking over the valley . |
| 17 | He led her into a large room where a floor-to-ceiling window gave out on a garden dominated by a fountain and a single curving oak , its tracery of branches lavish against the steel grey sky . |
| 18 | Sex education as a subject is important in any discussion of the work of Mrs Whitehouse , because her experiences of it as a teacher and parent , indirectly , if not directly , led her into the public domain of the politics of sexual morality . |
| 19 | He saw her state at once and without another word took her arm and led her into the little sitting room . |
| 20 | The guide led her into the air-conditioned jewellery shop and held out the box to a sales assistant . |
| 21 | He said his hectic work schedule led him into a downward spiral where he needed a drink to relax and help him sleep . |
| 22 | Corbett stared at him and looked away , the tension between them broken by the Pictish leader who took Thomas by the hand , like a child with a parent , and led him into the largest house , beckoning Corbett to follow them . |
| 23 | She led him into the comfortable drawing-room at the front of the house , and disappeared . |
| 24 | Then gradually , imperceptibly , she led him into the trickier terrain of the past . |
| 25 | She led him into the semicircular hall with its high vaulted ceiling from which a chandelier threw its bright light over the pale lemon and white walls . |
| 26 | When Soviet citizens began to question the merits of nuclear energy , they were questioning one of the most basic assumptions of their system : that communism would lead them into the high-tech future , and that the high-tech future would be greatly better than the present . |
| 27 | At this stage , do n't be tempted to try to turn the model as this will inevitably lead you into a difficult situation with which you will not be able to cope . |
| 28 | At last he unlocked a heavily carved door , and after a moment Meredith saw that he 'd led her into a large office with plaster frescos and a glorious ceiling of painted angels hung with gilded chandeliers . |
| 29 | It was he after all who had led her to arrest Taczek , he who had indirectly led her into the chief superintendent 's office that morning to have her face sprayed with warm saliva . |
| 30 | ‘ Who are you ? ’ the teenager asked after he had led her into the main concourse . |