Example sentences of "[verb] lead [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 That dialogue has lead me to the point of issuing a joint statement with Mr Addams .
2 ‘ It was a brilliant performance , ’ enthused Toby Mullins , the ladies ' coach who has led them to the championship in his first season in charge .
3 When de Man subjects the metaphor of the fountain to " Proust 's own injunction " to submit the image to the " test of truth " , he apparently loses sight of the way that his own conception of metaphor as " intratextual complementarity " of inside and outside has led him towards the aporia .
4 It has led him from the brooding atmosphere of his early novels to the limpid clarity of his last .
5 My experience in England has led me to the conclusion that most people are unable to see me whole .
6 My own experience has led me to the conclusion that at the present stage of development of comprehensive education , a purely individual-based approach to support teaching is likely to prove counterproductive for a combination of three reasons :
7 This has led her beyond the sciences , but the philosophical and literary implications of her involvement with the theories of Heisenberg and others have left a lasting mark on her work .
8 Our discussion of the evolution of the logogen model has led us to the following view of the organisation of the mental lexicon .
9 Thus , a consideration of earlier work on DMVs has led us to the conclusion that the settlement patterns we actually see on the maps and in the landscape consist of a range of settlements , at various stages of development at all periods ; everything , in fact , from surviving medieval villages to totally abandoned farm sites .
10 This discussion has led us into the third and perhaps most important question : since the assumptions will generally be untrue , how robust are the results to minor modifications of the assumptions of the model ?
11 That ability has led us into the more specialized areas and it has demonstrated that success was not just getting through the traumas of the 70s and taking costs out of the business , but in finding different directions in which to take the business . ’
12 Erm a and that has , that has led us from the group back to the individual tenants , and one
13 Even though its evolutionary course was eventually destined to lead it into the complicated and probably costly distortions involved in having two eyes on one side , even though the skate way of being a flat fish might ultimately have been the best design for bony fish too , the would-be intermediates that set out along this evolutionary pathway apparently did less well in the short term than their rivals lying on their side .
14 The advice we have received leads us to the conclusion that we should ask the Court of Appeal to rule on this important point of principle involved in this case . ’
15 Dismissing all but a single guard who was burdened with a lantern on a pole , he began to lead them by the bridges and passageways which cut across the streets in a way which was arguably more direct and certainly less likely to be barred by persistent celebrants .
16 He lifted her down from the train , kissed her swiftly , then began to lead her towards the taxi rank .
17 Franz pulled Therese 's arm through his and began to lead her up the track towards the car park , but she stopped and looked back .
18 And again had to wonder what the dickens was the matter with her for Ven , in no way similarly affected , moved and , taking casual hold of her arm , began to lead her across the road .
19 And to Folly 's surprise he started to lead her towards the building .
20 Just what routes will logic produce to lead me to the complete knowledge of the nature of a flea ? …
21 Having led them to the lagoon entrance , the caller would fly forward to rejoin his body and warn the people of the coming of ‘ our friends from the west ’ .
22 Now all of this may well have made no difference to the final result ; the courts reading of the facts may have led them to the same conclusion whatever the meanings given to reasonable and unreasonable .
23 Our discussions of last week seem to have lead us to the Railway Tavern at 12–12:30 .
24 The crucial importance of the stabilising influence of Rirette in Nizan 's personal development can not be overstated , and there are certainly grounds for drawing a parallel between , on the one hand , the blossoming at a distance of Nizan 's love and affection for Rirette , with the consequent calming of personal anxieties , and on the other , the burgeoning at a distance of his hatred and hostility for those political , social and cultural forces in French society which he considered to have led him to the brink of suicide and despair .
25 Your brother himself seems to have led you into the wood .
26 He got out of the planes coming , we , we was coming over from de Laborgie and you give him the needle and I had to lead him off the lead him off the plane , and going down over the chimneys in Chantilly to landu Laborgie he goes , woo ooh ooh , getting ready you know .
27 Irish 25-mile ladies champion Claire Moore gave Trainor Solicitors a home win in the ladies championship after Aishling Baird ( Phoenix CC ) had led her to the turn but lost over a minute on the run back .
28 Irish 25-mile ladies champion Claire Moore gave Trainor Solicitors a home win in the ladies championship after Aishling Baird ( Phoenix CC ) had led her to the turn , but lost over a minute on the run back .
29 Irish 25-mile ladies champion Claire Moore gave Trainor Solicitors a home win in the ladies championship after Aishling Baird ( Phoenix CC ) had led her to the turn , but lost over a minute on the run back .
30 Before Melissa realised what was happening , he had led her off the path and in among the trees .
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