Example sentences of "[verb] lead [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " 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 My experience in England has led me to the conclusion that most people are unable to see me whole .
5 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 :
6 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 .
7 Erm a and that has , that has led us from the group back to the individual tenants , and one
8 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 . ’
9 He lifted her down from the train , kissed her swiftly , then began to lead her towards the taxi rank .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 And to Folly 's surprise he started to lead her towards the building .
13 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 ’ .
14 Our discussions of last week seem to have lead us to the Railway Tavern at 12–12:30 .
15 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 .
16 Your brother himself seems to have led you into the wood .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 Before Melissa realised what was happening , he had led her off the path and in among the trees .
21 She felt a nervous spasm in her stomach as she passed the point where Fernand had led her from the path to show her his secret refuge .
22 My experience at the Fiesta Club had led me to the conclusion that , on average , a ‘ star ’ lasts about three years before fading to a nonentity and I intended to earn as much as possible in that time and retire — unhurt — with enough capital for a business .
23 The path had led him to the edge of a cliff !
24 Quick wit and cleverness at school had shifted him quickly from his roots in the Belfast underclass , and his natural proclivities had led him to the theatre set , a wee bit of acting and extra-work from time to time , usually as a gunman or a thug and once , memorably , as a rather well-fed hungerstriker .
25 And Satan had led them to the attack .
26 Johnson was the shining star in an excellent Whitecaps side which included former English internationalists Alan Ball and Jon Sammels. his performances put an estimated 6,000 on the team 's home gate ; within a season Johnson had led them to the Soccer Bowl final against Tampa Bay Rowdies .
27 ‘ Besides , we ca n't kill her until she 's led us to the book or at least told us where we can find it . ’
28 She then returned to full-time medical work , and now her religious , political and medical commitments have led her to the position of Consultant in Public Health Medicine for Central Birmingham Health Authority .
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