Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] to [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philpott led them to a pale-blue door at the end of the passage . |
| 2 | At noon , the exhausted Pack gathered together and Brown Owl led them to a shady area . |
| 3 | At the top of the staircase various Chamberlains , dressed in gold embroidered jackets , welcomed the guests and led them to the Grand Master of Ceremonies . |
| 4 | And members are still less than enamoured with their district council group leader , Coun John Richardson from Willington , who led them to the disastrous defeat . |
| 5 | Bloom et al. " s study of how to is acquired in infinitival complement constructions led them to the clear conclusion that " the children learned to with the meaning " " direction towards " " and not as a meaningless syntactic marker " ( 1984 : 391 ) . |
| 6 | Anderson captained Ireland on their short tour of France , led them to an unexpected victory over a French XV and keeps the job now but age and waning powers put a question-mark over his selection for the team at all . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 9 | Where was Um Al-Farajh , I asked him , and he led me to a large square of fir trees and pointed to the earth . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | It closed the banks and immediately sold them to the Richmond-based Signet Banking Corp . |
| 13 | Typically then they operate to defeat the title of the unpaid seller ( let us call him C ) who has entrusted his goods to a buyer who , without paying C , has in turn sold them to an innocent purchaser . |
| 14 | Glenn Hoddle got them to the Premier league … maybe Keith Scott can keep them there ! |
| 15 | After making each man check that his own line was securely attached , he moved them to the far end of the cage and sat them down on the wooden bench . |
| 16 | On the day before de Macon sailed on his second voyage , the Ralembergs invited me to a formal supper . |
| 17 | He helped them to a waiting car and drove to nearby St Thomas 's Hospital . |
| 18 | His goal and guidence helped them to the Premier League . |
| 19 | Blood tests revealed Louise 's haemoglobin level was down and doctors referred her to the local hospital . |
| 20 | Lucy spent just three days in intensive care before doctors moved her to an ordinary ward at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital . |
| 21 | A Salvation Army boy who was studying medicine invited her to the Christian Union . |
| 22 | Simultaneously the influence of A. W. N. Pugin [ q.v. ] drew him to the Catholic Church , into which he was received in 1846 . |
| 23 | A family connection with the lord chancellor , John , Baron Somers [ q.v. ] , drew him to the Whig side in politics , but he was no slavish follower of a party . |
| 24 | Maisie snorted and , following the sound of his voice , traced him to the wooden bench . |
| 25 | His sudden smile transformed him to an astonishing degree , revealing the man behind the remote consultant . |
| 26 | In the early hours of Thursday morning , the murderer skewered him to the wooden floor of a refreshment hut . |
| 27 | The baby weighed less than one kilo , she took it to the clinic and a clinic worker helped her to a nearby hospital . |
| 28 | In an effort to find an ally in helping her , I mentioned her to the local priest . |
| 29 | President Arpad Göncz , himself imprisoned for six years for joining the 1956 uprising , had refused to sign the bill and referred it to the Constitutional Court , whose unanimous ruling described the law as " vague , ambiguous and unreliable " . |
| 30 | The question raised by the Law Lords on the Circuit who referred it to the High Court was whether despite being deaf and dumb and uneducated , did the defendant know the difference between right and wrong , did she know that a consequence of guilt was punishment , and did she have the power of communicating her thoughts ? |