Example sentences of "lead her [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He sobered instantly , taking her arm and leading her to the wrought-iron balcony .
2 Harcourt-Reilly takes her out of her conventional life , and leads her towards a spiritual quest and eventual martyrdom .
3 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 .
4 Then he took Victoria 's hand and led her towards the strange woman .
5 As he led her towards the wood-and-thatch building by the roadside , Isabel contemplated another night in fitzAlan 's company .
6 I stood up , took Flavia 's hand and led her into a little room .
7 Willi led her into a huge living-room with a window looking over the valley .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 He saw her state at once and without another word took her arm and led her into the little sitting room .
11 The guide led her into the air-conditioned jewellery shop and held out the box to a sales assistant .
12 He did n't speak as he led her through a stone-floored hallway to a sweeping staircase .
13 He led her through the crowded flat to the kitchen and poured her a glass of wine .
14 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 .
15 I led her to a small shelter in the Palace side of the Park .
16 Dorothy 's acute and sympathetic judgement that Racedown summer led her to a similar conclusion almost at once .
17 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 .
18 He led her to a waiting taxi and , as he held the door for her , for a brief instant their eyes met .
19 Meredith 's mouth was open beneath her mask as Lucenzo imperiously led her to a favoured seat , followed by a posse of attentive waiters .
20 He led her to the far room where she had found Leo .
21 He took her hand and led her to the open-air dance-floor just as the band slipped into the first of their slow numbers .
22 This led her to the alarming conclusion that it was not they who were bigger , but she who was smaller — and a lot smaller .
23 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 .
24 He led her at a good trot through the country lanes , by Bramfield and Tattle Hill , through Thieves Lane to Hertingfordbury .
25 Skirting the lakeside , she took a route which led her in the opposite direction from him .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 ‘ Who are you ? ’ the teenager asked after he had led her into the main concourse .
29 Johnny 's double standards , and his entrenched belief in the superiority of the male , had led her into an angry tirade of defence designed only to prove that she was exactly the cheap little tart that he so obviously thought her.Their relationship seemed to be increasingly an exercise in one-upmanship : my time 's better than yours ; so there !
30 What Alice could not forgive herself was that she had been taken in by it all well , she had had the sense to get out in time , and meet people who could lead her on the right path
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