Example sentences of "was lead the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To carry out a wholesale purge of the party apparatus , Mao appointed Chen as head of the Cultural Revolution Group , a kitchen cabinet of loyal disciples , including Mao 's wife Jiang Qing , that was to lead the assault on the party hierarchy . |
| 2 | Most ministers tended to face similar tasks : their primary work was to lead the church or , if a Methodist , to work in his assigned circuit and to supervise the ‘ stations ’ with their local preachers . |
| 3 | Social work deferment to the police or clear specification of which agency was to lead the investigation also contributed to good contact and communication between agencies . |
| 4 | Another famous Marxist , Edouard Bernstein — who was to lead the right wing of Social Democracy — began to challenge this position in 1890 . |
| 5 | Mr Jones was to lead the Rottweiler to the attention of the people . |
| 6 | Colombe was to lead the academic attack on Galileo between 1610 and 1614 . |
| 7 | Amongst them were Henry Care ( a Presbyterian , and author of the Exclusionist periodical , the Weekly Pacquet of Advice from Rome ) , who became James 's chief propagandist in promoting the cause of religious toleration , and Sir William Williams , who became James 's solicitor-general ( and who was to lead the prosecution of the seven bishops in 1688 ) . |
| 8 | I was leading the life of a bat in a dark hole , eating candy and gobbling images . |
| 9 | The virgin saint was leading the dragon on a slim gold chain across a field of flowers towards a distant and elaborate city ; she had a thin white face and an expression of nonchalance , almost tedium . |
| 10 | Jochen Mass , after a fine middle shift by his co-driver Michael Schumacher , was leading the race by 42secs with 15 laps to go , when a sudden rain shower sent the drivers scurrying to the pits for grooved tyres . |
| 11 | He poured himself more whisky , pressing Herr Nordern to have another , too , and saying that he was leading the Norderns into bad ways but that they must forgive him as it was n't very often they saw him , ha ! ha ! and Herr Nordern , while not prepared to accept that he was led by anyone except the leaders of his country , took the whisky , thinking , what the devil , he had worked like a dog all day , and it was true , Karl would not be with them much longer and they would probably never see him again and , he had to confess , he would n't mind if he never saw him again as long as either of them lived . |
| 12 | ‘ He was one of my boys , ’ she said in explanation to the CID sergeant who was leading the party as they bumped over the rough road , through the thick mud and on to the dry embankment . |
| 13 | For a man who was leading the campaign for sanctions against South Africa , when that was still a hopeless liberal cause , he has been notably diffident about such things as collective punishment and detention without trial in the Israeli-occupied territories . |
| 14 | In short , Mansel was leading the argument back from the generalities of science to the particularities of individual destiny , which constitute the essence of religion . |
| 15 | The next two rounds we played with Hale Irwin , who was leading the tournament . |
| 16 | Alec Davidson was leading the game . |
| 17 | When sales of unleaded were only 16 per cent of all fuel revenue in Britain , Germany was leading the field with a figure of 53 per cent ; in Denmark the percentage was 34 and in Norway 27 . |
| 18 | N.P.W. Hancock was leading the first seven Hurricanes , this flight meeting Sunderland L5807 of 228 Squadron as planned , and reaching the island without any problems . |
| 19 | Mum was leading the chorus and us kids were singing our own dirty ditties . |
| 20 | The betrayal was leading the Temple police to Jesus . |
| 21 | He was at Bristol University in England where the physics department was leading the world in the study of cosmic rays , and whose head , Cecil Powell , was about to win the Nobel Prize for his role in this . |
| 22 | He had mounted the Dragoon 's horse and was leading the tired mare by her reins . |
| 23 | With 16 laps to go Mr Mansell was leading the pack . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , we do n't want … ’ he began , but she was leading the way ; very tall , very thin , very old ; skinny old legs stiff as stilts . |
| 25 | In contrast to Clare , her sister Miranda was leading the fast and frivolous life of the exciting sixties as Britain launched into the first real business boom since Hitler 's war . |
| 26 | I was leading the British public astray . |
| 27 | ‘ I was an agitator — or whatever you call it : I was leading the boys , and the younger miners after that . |
| 28 | Arvid was leading the st'lyan across the yard . |
| 29 | On his way there the frigate taking him to Suez had called at Jidda to enable him to meet Sharif Husain , the father of Amir Faisal who was leading the Arab Revolt . |
| 30 | Though not yet an officer , she was leading the Australian delegation and the timbrel , group , " an outstanding young woman even in those days . |