Example sentences of "lead [pers pn] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The boy led them up one of the dark streets to a place where the houses were tall and thin and so closely packed together that door followed immediately upon door . |
2 | In a little while the waiter was back , bowing , smiling , leading them up two flights of steps then through to a table at the centre of the house . |
3 | ‘ I 'll take care of it , do n't worry , ’ Christina assured them , before leading them down four deep stone steps and along a pathway , past a bright wall of alamanda and hibiscus bushes camouflaging the car park . |
4 | He led her up another tortuous steel staircase , its steps worn and buckled , across improvised bridges and rickety gangways , up higher and higher , until they were crouching next to the very source of the molten metal . |
5 | ‘ The King 's curiosity and hunger for knowledge led him down many strange paths . |
6 | It begins to look as if his obsession has led him down evil paths . ’ |
7 | He led us up four flights of dark , narrow stairs , before disappearing up a rickety ladder out on to the roof . |
8 | Our search for something to eat led us up these darkly menacing alleys . |
9 | You know , i i it is a very fine line between er how we talk to our customers , which is why I , I , I ca n't stress enough the need for the project coordinators to talk face to face with the customer first of all , and perhaps gently lead him down some of the items in this list that the project coordinator thinks the client might not have remembered . |