Example sentences of "follow [pers pn] into [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some were canonised and others — like Eckhart and Tauler — were hounded by the Church , but all were seen to be of enormous importance by their contemporaries , even by people who could not follow them into the inner world . |
| 2 | Although they will gallop around trying to get rid of the bot-fly , they seem to quickly discover that the bot will not follow them into the dense shade of a shelter shed or stable . |
| 3 | After a long time , the music started to play again and Cousin Jane and Mike walked back down the aisle and out of the church and everyone followed them into the sunny afternoon . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're in here , ’ Ven remarked , taking up her case and heading for the door on the left of the French windows — and as she followed him into a pleasant bedroom , ‘ With luck , by the time you 've unpacked , the waiter will be here with some tea . ’ |
| 5 | I followed him into a small room beside the kitchen . |
| 6 | I followed him into a small room . |
| 7 | Still a little numb from shock , Juliet followed him into a huge hall , all gilt objects , velvet hangings , mirrors and oil-paintings . |
| 8 | He rose and staggered out and we followed him into a stinking alleyway a short distance from the tavern . |
| 9 | He opened the door by his desk , and they followed him into a large room filled with dark , solid furniture . |
| 10 | He ignored her enquiry so she hauled herself out , slipped on a long T-shirt and followed him into the other room . |
| 11 | She followed him into the other room and sat down on the sofa to pour out while Penry put a match to the kindling in the stove . |
| 12 | Mosley did find kindred spirits in the Labour movement , some of whom followed him into the New Party and a smaller proportion into fascism , but although the party conference and the Labour movement in general were sympathetic to his practical suggestions , the Labour government rejected his proposals . |
| 13 | She rose obediently and followed him into the small counselling-room across the corridor from the nurses ' station , relieved to remember that Deana Davenport had the day off today . |
| 14 | As I followed him into the little building I smiled to myself . |
| 15 | Dougal followed him into the little garden . |
| 16 | Loretta followed her into a spacious drawing-room , and seated herself in a chair to one side of the tiled fireplace , while Veronica took the chair opposite . |
| 17 | Benjamin and I hid our exasperation , took our cloaks and followed her into the snow-covered grounds . |
| 18 | Patrick followed her into the front room , his eyes taking in her home . |
| 19 | Kate had followed him into a big sitting-room , plain , almost spartan in its simplicity . |
| 20 | As I follow her into the front room someone whispers to Rufus : ‘ She got him under her thumb , I think . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ In here , ’ she said , leaving me to shut the front door , then follow her into the front room . |
| 22 | I asked , following her into the small corridor we called the ward ‘ flat ’ . |
| 23 | And , following him into the spacious room , Folly could see exactly how faithfully the artist had carried out her patron 's — her lover 's ? — wishes . |
| 24 | Rachel found herself following him into the social club and a few minutes later when they were both seated with their drinks in the same window-seat where they had sat before she said , ‘ So what 's your connection with Conway House ? ’ |
| 25 | Jackie was already on his feet , beckoning them to follow him into the starlit orchard . |
| 26 | The escape , made possible in part by the chemical explosion in Quinn of the Fury , is followed by a series of independent forays in which Quinn seizes a French sloop carrying hides by following it into a secret harbour and pretending he and his men are drunken sailors returning on board , rescues Royalist prisoners from a castle by skulking and climbing , seizes another French ship by disguising the prize vessel under his command as French , and outwits a pirate ship by means of a collision ( rescuing , by the way , a young Contessa who adds a romantic touch to the story ) . |