Example sentences of "lead me [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | She returned a few minutes later and somewhat grudgingly led me into a little room at the back . |
| 3 | I waited in the office for an hour before she led me into a darkened side ward . |
| 4 | The proprietor led me into the windowless gloom . |
| 5 | She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 8 | Where was Um Al-Farajh , I asked him , and he led me to a large square of fir trees and pointed to the earth . |
| 9 | The house we sat in was still in chaos , so she led me to the sunny kitchen , where we talked and drank coffee , surrounded by boxes and plants and the smell of paint . |
| 10 | The second day continued where the first day left off : four catches by Hick to equal the record for a Test against Pakistan originally set by the little-remembered spinner Jim McConnon of Glamorgan in 1954 , and then my researches led me to the remarkable fact that John Birch , who played for Notts from 1973 to 1988 , was known as ‘ Bonk ’ . |
| 11 | When I said that I did , he led me up the narrow street to the church and unlocked the ancient door . |
| 12 | As he led me through the back door and on to the waste ground he used as an unofficial parking lot , he said : ‘ Good runner , only thirty thousand on the clock . ’ |
| 13 | I shuffled forward as fast as I dared along the central walkway , figuring this to be less likely to lead me towards a choice-limiting edge . |
| 14 | Just what routes will logic produce to lead me to the complete knowledge of the nature of a flea ? … |
| 15 | as if in a dream , I allowed Mrs Knelle to lead me to the front door . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | And that , logically , leads me to the obvious conclusion — that I love you , and that we must be married as soon as possible . |
| 18 | Occasionally , there 's a happy accident that leads me in a nice direction . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I had the radio on low , in case they interrupted the broadcast with any bulletins that might lead me to the new Night Mayor . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | A young , innocent man , very knowledgeable about ferrets , the driver had led me across a scrubby field that led to the riverbank and had then triumphantly pointed to a weathered stone below a thorn bush . |
| 23 | I was slumped against him , almost fainting , conscious only that he had led me behind a red-brick loggia , obviously so that we would be out of sight of the people in the main concourse while he dispatched me . |