Example sentences of "[noun sg] to guide [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 When they had fruitlessly exhausted their task , Myeloski called the caretaker to guide them round the rest of the palace .
2 Yet oddly enough when Massine staged his Donald of the Burthens with the help of a Scottish expert to guide him through the traditional steps and figures it was not a success , possibly because too much reliance was placed .
3 ‘ But for this you should really have at least £50,000 and preferably £100,000 — and a stockbroker to guide you through the minefield of stocks and shares . ’
4 A running calendar is simply a tool to guide you in the direction you want to go .
5 Certainly , salmon seem to use smell to guide them on the last stage of their journey .
6 RIGHT Dogs may be less enthusiastic to perform where they are on the leash but this gives you the opportunity to guide them to the appropriate spot .
7 Then he put a hand on her elbow to guide her to the door .
8 Tracey laughed , and put his hand under her elbow to guide her into the cinema .
9 Enya claims to be stubborn , sulky and contrary where her composition is concerned , but she knew from unfortunate personal experience the natural anarchy and entropy of bands and very rationally allowed Nicky and Roma 's professional advice to guide her in the right direction .
10 The factual circumstances that can arise are infinite and the judges rely on a mixture of legal principle , policy and common sense to guide them through the maze .
11 Just as we have adopted an intuitive approach to the concept of set so we shall allow our intuition to guide us in the matter of whether or not an explanation is logically acceptable : to formalise the notion of acceptability would take us too far afield , into symbolic logic .
12 Nowadays , however , there is little clear principle to guide one through the maze of technical arguments .
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