Example sentences of "[noun] led them [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The search for counter-examples led them to the history of the family and of the primitive local community which they saw as kinship based .
2 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 ) .
3 Grooms took their horses whilst a pompous steward of the Prince 's household led them up the main steps into the spacious hall .
4 As the Galks led them into the desert , the travellers could see the Cun arguing with the skull people , trying to reclaim their raw meat .
5 The barmaid led them from the bar and up some rickety steps .
6 The beadle led them through the gloomy rooms off the main hall where the Court of Common Pleas , Court of Chancery and Court of Requests sat , and down a warren of lime-washed corridors until he stopped in front of a door and rapped noisily with his wand .
7 Cross and Bevan 's interest in the chemistry of cellulose led them to the study of the viscose solutions produced by treating cellulose with a strong solution of caustic soda and then carbon disulphide vapour .
8 Every so often , as the young man led them across the room , a telephone would ring , but quietly , its bell having been adjusted to suit the tone of the office , and someone would answer the muted telephone in a lowered voice .
9 The journey was quick and bruising ; Selkirk led them through the town , up the craggy rock and across the wooden drawbridge into Edinburgh Castle .
10 Talbot led them to the wardroom and gestured them to their seats .
11 Myeloski led them to the room where the girl had been found .
12 Jackie led them through the wood where Joy Prentice had fled and fallen , then along the banks of the stream which fed the water-wheel , to a small wooden bridge .
13 A gaoler led them into the porter 's lodge , the fellow bowing and scraping as he recognised Sir John .
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