Example sentences of "[pers pn] lead [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I led her to a small shelter in the Palace side of the Park .
2 The house we sat in was still in chaos , so she led me to the sunny kitchen , where we talked and drank coffee , surrounded by boxes and plants and the smell of paint .
3 I waited in the office for an hour before she led me into a darkened side ward .
4 She led me into the pink-and-green chintzy sitting-room where Harry , pale with blue shadows below the eyes , sat in an armchair with his bandaged leg elevated on a large upholstered footstool .
5 She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby .
6 She led them down a narrow corridor and into a comfortable lounge .
7 She led them onto a small covered terrace running the full width of the house .
8 She led him to the dismal apartment rented to her by Louis .
9 She led him into the comfortable drawing-room at the front of the house , and disappeared .
10 She led him into the semicircular hall with its high vaulted ceiling from which a chandelier threw its bright light over the pale lemon and white walls .
11 Then gradually , imperceptibly , she led him into the trickier terrain of the past .
12 She led him through the main tannery to where a pile of raw sheep skins lay , and still with her light eyes on him lay down .
13 She led us to an unmarked oak door which opened into a short corridor , obviously a modern extension to the farmhouse .
14 I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen .
15 Many aspects of his analysis were similar to those advanced by Blauner , but they led him to an opposite conclusion .
16 They led him through the great court and round the cloister to the flank of the east end of the church , where the mitred graves of the abbots lay .
17 God under takes to teach us through the Spirit if we will allow him to lead us into a closer understanding of and obedience to Jesus Christ .
18 May we allow Him to lead us into the unknown , may we draw our courage from Him and may we place our trust in His loving kindness .
19 Answer : it is a mistake to ask such questions , because they lead you into the murky borderland between history and myth , where the evidence is fragmentary and the fragments point in different directions .
20 He led her to a tiny table in one corner , and she resolutely ignored the fact that nearly everyone else — the place was surprisingly crowded — wore slinky and fashionable black .
21 He led her to a shady café , where small tables were set out in the shadow of some tall plane trees , whose leafy patterns fell over the white tables .
22 He led her to a waiting taxi and , as he held the door for her , for a brief instant their eyes met .
23 He led her to the far room where she had found Leo .
24 He led her to the last desk in the line , on which she could see a sheaf of pink sheets of paper .
25 Placing a hand on her shoulder , he led her to an ornate , gilded mirror hanging above the carved stone fireplace .
26 He did n't speak as he led her through a stone-floored hallway to a sweeping staircase .
27 He led her through the crowded flat to the kitchen and poured her a glass of wine .
28 ‘ Pringle 's used to have a Directors ' Dining Room , with their own cook , ’ Wilcox explained as he led her through the drab corridors of the administration block , and out across a yard where fresh snow was already covering the footpath that had been cleared .
29 He led her at a good trot through the country lanes , by Bramfield and Tattle Hill , through Thieves Lane to Hertingfordbury .
30 He led her into a large room where a floor-to-ceiling window gave out on a garden dominated by a fountain and a single curving oak , its tracery of branches lavish against the steel grey sky .
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