Example sentences of "[noun] led [adv] to the " in BNC.

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1 And I remember four stone steps led up to the front door , and we 'd what they called a parlour then .
2 Several steps led up to the door which she unlocked .
3 The next two years led up to the Civil War .
4 The questions led up to the cross and even beyond it .
5 Cathy went into the shop and Wycliffe let himself out into the little hall from which stairs led up to the flat .
6 Ahead of them stairs led up to the main part of the palazzo , where most of the interior had been renovated and the air smelt strongly of paint and plaster and sawdust .
7 Sin , pain and death were linked together ; all three belonged inescapably to our transitory existence in an imperfect world , and each link in the chain led on to the next one .
8 From the gates a long , dark road led up to the house , with the black shapes of old trees on each side of it .
9 He hesitated , uncertain , then realized that the archway at the end led on to the balcony above the great hall .
10 A winding flagged path led up to the door .
11 I had now turned right across the width of the mill where another staircase led up to the top floor .
12 Many descriptions in the novel begin with an item which is only mildly deviant , or a dead metaphor , and then reinvest it with metaphorical value , as in this example : " the slope led up to the gap and the mountain rose before them .
13 Straight ahead big doors led on to the wings and stage itself ; up one flight the star dressing-rooms 1 and 2 .
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