Example sentences of "lead me to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Mrs Aboud led me to the balcony from where it was evident that many of the surrounding buildings — like those elsewhere in the Arab quarter — had been devastated , their roofs smashed in and their windows punched out of their frames . |
| 3 | My searches even led me to the absurdity of being directed to the deep freeze in one newsagent when I asked for Spare Rib . |
| 4 | I checked my hexagram against the index , which led me to the pages headed Ta Kuo : Preponderance of the Great . |
| 5 | And her white Reeboks screeched at the marble as she turned and led me to the waiting forms . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | She frowned for a moment , then picked up my hand and led me to the window . |
| 8 | Although this is an isolated example it is typical of the problems I encountered and which led me to the conclusion that the product simply is n't ready for release into the market in its current form . |
| 9 | But he raised his left hand again , this time to silence me ; took my arm and led me to the edge of the colonnade . |
| 10 | The sad consequence on the children 's lives of the circumstances of their birth led me to the conclusion that pregnancy in elderly women might not be appropriate and the whole programme was stopped . |
| 11 | Just what routes will logic produce to lead me to the complete knowledge of the nature of a flea ? … |
| 12 | as if in a dream , I allowed Mrs Knelle to lead me to the front door . |
| 13 | I turned to my nearest fellow browser , intending to ask her politely but firmly to lead me to the nearest padded cell , but it came out wrong . |
| 14 | I nodded and he turned back to mutter something into his talkback before handing me the mike , taking my hand and leading me to the stage . |
| 15 | That dialogue has lead me to the point of issuing a joint statement with Mr Addams . |
| 16 | Sister Agnesey leads me to the bed on which lies Maria Frantzia , the old man 's wife ; she smiles and we exchange a few words . |
| 17 | This episode leads me to the idea that at the physical level , there is a need for a philosophy to overcome disasters and fear , and also to help that majority of people who do not fulfil all their biological needs , and who have to sublimate them . |
| 18 | This leads me to the last determinant of transmission teaching I want to explore here : that of teacher isolation . |
| 19 | Regarding work with the children and the new families , my plea for a more sophisticated approach in assessing the needs of children and finding the appropriate routes to permanent placement for each child leads me to the conclusion that the nature of the social work service to each child and family must vary according to their needs and their wishes . |
| 20 | That leads me to the last question , ground ( 7 ) . |
| 21 | A reading of the Act of 1968 , which was based on the draft Bill annexed to the report , leads me to the conclusion that , when using the very words of the draft , Parliament intended to implement the committee 's thinking . |
| 22 | All this leads me to the conclusion that the greater part of the passage of geological time has left over most of the earth no more than Shakespeare 's " gap in nature " . |
| 23 | This sort of evidence leads me to the conclusion that the continents , rather than sailing about the earth until they met in catastrophic collisions , separated and came together again repeatedly along the same general lines . |
| 24 | Nothing that I have read about the case leads me to the conclusion that anything untoward happened or that the basic and important principle of the GP 's right to refer has been undermined . |
| 25 | And that , logically , leads me to the obvious conclusion — that I love you , and that we must be married as soon as possible . |
| 26 | The second point is on correspondence , I 'm absolutely certain that when a member of public writes in to any department , not necessarily highway , he expects and needs an immediate response , now I know you have , you have started the acknowledgement of our system , but I think it 's , it does n't go far enough , an acknowledgement card that simply says the thing is received and is receiving attention , needs to then indicate the individual to whom that matter has been passed for attention and that leads me to the third point and I think the general complaint on the public is that local government is seen as faceless people and I think we have to get in our mind to name people within our department , there 's not one mention about it in our promise , I think we need , unless I 've not read it , but I think , I think we , yes , but I think we need to mention people by name , senior people within the department who will respond to particular things and certainly where public comes into contact within the offices we must get around to wearing a name badge who says who that person is , people want to relate to a person and I think we can do that if we try . |
| 27 | Danger of doing something irrevocable and wrong because initial impetus lost and clue that will lead me to the centre not yet found . |
| 28 | You will ask yourself , ‘ If I listen to my best friend within and follow the precepts , will he lead me to the same holiness as those whose life was dedicated to the light ? ’ |
| 29 | I had the somewhat faint hope that he might lead me to the place and permit me to stand where Balboa had stood — on the very peak which John Keats , with the kind of monumental mistakenness permitted under the principle of poetic licence — declared was occupied by : |
| 30 | I had the radio on low , in case they interrupted the broadcast with any bulletins that might lead me to the new Night Mayor . |