Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] led [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | The barmaid led them from the bar and up some rickety steps . |
2 | The proprietor led me into the windowless gloom . |
3 | The guide led her into the air-conditioned jewellery shop and held out the box to a sales assistant . |
4 | The beadle led them through the gloomy rooms off the main hall where the Court of Common Pleas , Court of Chancery and Court of Requests sat , and down a warren of lime-washed corridors until he stopped in front of a door and rapped noisily with his wand . |
5 | The fellow led him down the corridor , stopped before another door and tapped gently on it . |
6 | A constable led her along the corridor past fluttering notices and an electric clock that had stopped . |
7 | A waiter led her to the table she 'd booked downstairs , and left her to study the menu . |
8 | I have sometimes gone into it when the King was absent from Delhi and once pretty far I thought , for the purpose of giving my advice in the case of a great lady so ill that she could not be moved to the outward gate ; but a Kachemire shawl covered my head , hanging like a large scarfe down to my feet , and a eunuch led me by the hand , as if I had been a blind man . |
9 | A gaoler led them into the porter 's lodge , the fellow bowing and scraping as he recognised Sir John . |