Example sentences of "and led [pron] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took her arm and led her away from the entrance . |
| 2 | Gary got up , took Paula by the arm and led her over to the low sofa . |
| 3 | He looked momentarily surprised and then , after throwing Luke a somewhat triumphant look , he smiled and took her by the hand , and led her through into the living-room . |
| 4 | Then , as she blushed again , he slipped an arm around her waist and led her back through the garden to the party . |
| 5 | Her heart touched on the instant by her friend 's distress , she put an arm through hers and led her back to the palace . |
| 6 | Jack finally got her and led her back to the seat , where she folded her anorak carefully , eyes still glued to the screen . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's him , then , all gone , ’ Gloria said , before a nurse came scurrying out through the doors , took her by the arm and led her back into the ward . |
| 8 | He bowed , kissed her hand , and led her down to the courtyard where their carriage waited . |
| 9 | He took her hand and led her out of the café . |
| 10 | Her eyes were only very slightly glazed as Fernando Serra tightened his grip on her hand and led her out of the Guadalquivir suite . |
| 11 | ‘ We ca n't talk here , ’ he said , and led her out of the room and into the hall . |
| 12 | He signalled to the waiter that he had put two twenty-peseta notes on the table , and led her out into the afternoon sun . |
| 13 | Patrick took his sister 's hand and led her further down the garden , out of sight of the house , and then he squatted in the snow and stared into her deep , dark eyes . |
| 14 | The sentries had been primed to admit him without challenge , Alexei noted , and as soon as his escort had dismounted a trooper wearing the gorget of a provost came out of the gatehouse and led them away towards the stables . |
| 15 | She crossed to the doorway and led them away from the shed . |
| 16 | Snorting at the friar 's apparent stupidity , Cranston turned his horse and led them out of the main alleyways of Southwark . |
| 17 | Stephen accepted the compliment and led them out onto the terrace , asking as he did so , ‘ What would you like to drink ? ’ |
| 18 | They had tried twice before , and on each occasion they had been pursued relentlessly through the forests by hostile Moi tribesmen who had stripped them naked , lashed their hands behind them and led them back to the plantation roped together at the neck with twisted creepers . |
| 19 | He beckoned and led them off between the Standing Stones . |
| 20 | Michael took the case from him and led him away to the hired car . |
| 21 | She took hold of his hand and led him over to the small bed . |
| 22 | McGowan took Jed by the arm and led him over to the cardboard box . |
| 23 | The guy let him carry his own case and led him through into the concourse where the English driver from the Embassy pool was waiting . |
| 24 | She took him by the arm and led him unresistingly into the house . |
| 25 | Senga took her brother 's hand and led him out into the hall . |
| 26 | Two policemen forcibly took her arms from around her son , and led him out to the car to join his sister . |
| 27 | They beat him up in the alleyway , tied his hands and led him off to the Marshalsea . |
| 28 | He put my felonious body in the stocks of his arm and led me off in the direction of what passed for a garden at Sussex , a series of brick-edged parallelograms that could n't have looked more artificial if they had been planted with cathode-ray tubes , instead of hardy perennials . |
| 29 | He came and put his arm round my shoulders then and led me gently towards the door . |
| 30 | Its vast walls of flint and glass and Gothic tracery were brilliantly floodlit and the churchyard cat , sleek and black as tar , greeted us querulously and led us right round the church and through the gravestones at the back , glimmering and pale in the moonlight . |