Example sentences of "led i [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The proprietor led me into the windowless gloom .
2 She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby .
3 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 .
4 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 ’ .
5 When I said that I did , he led me up the narrow street to the church and unlocked the ancient door .
6 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 . ’
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