Example sentences of "[noun] led [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 However , the prior hypothesis led us to the finding in the rural high oil worker category ( table II , both for all ages and the 0–4 age group .
2 Harvey led me to a room which he unlocked with a key .
3 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 .
4 She confessed that the bitter jibes and over-exposure led her to the precipice .
5 Giffen led us into a room on the left .
6 Alison led me through the hall into the kitchen , a sprawling space with a flagstone floor dominated by a huge table , a Welsh dresser and rows of large cupboards .
7 Inevitably , his steps led him in the end to the Corso , where the evening promenade was in progress .
8 Fallon , also enjoying the most important success of his career , said : ‘ The stands ’ side led us for a furlong , but our side was in command after that . ’
9 Angie led him through the living room .
10 Hari led him to the bench and watched as Lewis tied on his apron .
11 Of the 62 yachts in her class , only the 12-metre Crusader led her round the course .
12 Without a word Ramses led us to a boat moored at the end of the dock , a small felucca with a heavily patched sail .
13 A constable led her along the corridor past fluttering notices and an electric clock that had stopped .
14 My journey into the hinterland of industrial England led me on a trek across familiar territory among familiar people .
15 Tunney led her around the side or the building .
16 A Champs Elysée corridor led us to an escalator and the plush basement waiting room of the cancer clinic .
17 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 .
18 A waiter led her to the table she 'd booked downstairs , and left her to study the menu .
19 After having woken the girl , Duncan led her into the palace as they followed the policeman , past the small queue of tourists and other visitors who were waiting to sightsee .
20 The barmaid led them from the bar and up some rickety steps .
21 We will provide evidence that these qualities and critical observations led him to the conclusion that wheat products contained the factor responsible for the severe clinical symptoms of coeliac disease , at that time also called Gee-Herter 's disease , long before this thesis in 1950 .
22 As Harry led her towards the dance floor , she said , ‘ For one moment I thought you were going to knock poor Jerry sideways . ’
23 Emily led him to a cake shop and he viewed the selection in the window like a naughty schoolboy surveying a stack of girlie magazines in a newsagent 's .
24 The junior led them to a trooper lying plastron up some distance from the others .
25 Leitzig led him through a succession of corridors until they reached an area marked STORAGE PONDS with a no-entry sign beside it and the words AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY in black paint underneath .
26 The sad consequence on the children 's lives of the circumstances of their birth led me to the conclusion that pregnancy in elderly women might not be appropriate and the whole programme was stopped .
27 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 .
28 Mr Utterson led him to the address on Mr Hyde 's visiting card .
29 The old man led him through a gate on the opposite side of the yard from the stable-block .
30 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 .
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