Example sentences of "[Wh det] lead [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was in Schiaparelli that she met Tricarico , who brought her aboard the Resplendent Trogon , which led her into the presence of Balthazar Plum — and if it had n't been for all that , she would never have acquired the Alice in the first place .
2 Although this is an isolated example it is typical of the problems I encountered and which led me to the conclusion that the product simply is n't ready for release into the market in its current form .
3 In the 17 hours they were missing after losing their way , they trudged the forest to keep up their body heat until they eventually reached a path with white arrows which led them to the edge of the forest .
4 Skirting the marshy end , they slowly climbed the gentle slope on the other side to join the carriage drive which led them to the stable .
5 The court accepted that in certain circumstances information about prices could be invested with a sufficient degree of confidentiality to make that information a business secret or its equivalent but in the present case it found factors which led it to the conclusion that neither the information about the prices nor the sales information as a whole had the degree of confidentiality necessary to support the plaintiff 's claim .
6 Occasionally the Dwarfs will try to drive the Goblins out , or the Goblins will find some tunnel which leads them into the Dwarf tunnels , and the two races battle it out beneath the mountains .
7 Alternatively , it may be a prerequisite for the evolutionary development of intelligence — which leads us to the premonition that , in a few billion years time , there may be intelligent lugworms stalking the Earth .
8 ‘ Supposing that 's the case , what led you to the Skein of Geese in the first place ? ’
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