Example sentences of "follow [pers pn] into [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some were canonised and others — like Eckhart and Tauler — were hounded by the Church , but all were seen to be of enormous importance by their contemporaries , even by people who could not follow them into the inner world . |
| 2 | Although they will gallop around trying to get rid of the bot-fly , they seem to quickly discover that the bot will not follow them into the dense shade of a shelter shed or stable . |
| 3 | After a long time , the music started to play again and Cousin Jane and Mike walked back down the aisle and out of the church and everyone followed them into the sunny afternoon . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're in here , ’ Ven remarked , taking up her case and heading for the door on the left of the French windows — and as she followed him into a pleasant bedroom , ‘ With luck , by the time you 've unpacked , the waiter will be here with some tea . ’ |
| 5 | I followed him into a small room beside the kitchen . |
| 6 | I followed him into a small room . |
| 7 | She followed him into a tiny , brightly lit room that was suffused with the most delectable scents of cooking . |
| 8 | Still a little numb from shock , Juliet followed him into a huge hall , all gilt objects , velvet hangings , mirrors and oil-paintings . |
| 9 | He rose and staggered out and we followed him into a stinking alleyway a short distance from the tavern . |
| 10 | He opened the door by his desk , and they followed him into a large room filled with dark , solid furniture . |
| 11 | He ignored her enquiry so she hauled herself out , slipped on a long T-shirt and followed him into the other room . |
| 12 | She followed him into the other room and sat down on the sofa to pour out while Penry put a match to the kindling in the stove . |
| 13 | Mosley did find kindred spirits in the Labour movement , some of whom followed him into the New Party and a smaller proportion into fascism , but although the party conference and the Labour movement in general were sympathetic to his practical suggestions , the Labour government rejected his proposals . |
| 14 | When Michele had retrieved the crutch from the back seat Luce followed him into the bare concrete building and waited while he knocked at the door of one of the ground-floor flats . |
| 15 | She rose obediently and followed him into the small counselling-room across the corridor from the nurses ' station , relieved to remember that Deana Davenport had the day off today . |
| 16 | As I followed him into the little building I smiled to myself . |
| 17 | Dougal followed him into the little garden . |
| 18 | Loretta followed her into a spacious drawing-room , and seated herself in a chair to one side of the tiled fireplace , while Veronica took the chair opposite . |
| 19 | Benjamin and I hid our exasperation , took our cloaks and followed her into the snow-covered grounds . |
| 20 | Patrick followed her into the front room , his eyes taking in her home . |
| 21 | Kate had followed him into a big sitting-room , plain , almost spartan in its simplicity . |
| 22 | As I follow her into the front room someone whispers to Rufus : ‘ She got him under her thumb , I think . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ In here , ’ she said , leaving me to shut the front door , then follow her into the front room . |
| 24 | I asked , following her into the small corridor we called the ward ‘ flat ’ . |
| 25 | And , following him into the spacious room , Folly could see exactly how faithfully the artist had carried out her patron 's — her lover 's ? — wishes . |
| 26 | Rachel found herself following him into the social club and a few minutes later when they were both seated with their drinks in the same window-seat where they had sat before she said , ‘ So what 's your connection with Conway House ? ’ |
| 27 | Jackie was already on his feet , beckoning them to follow him into the starlit orchard . |
| 28 | The escape , made possible in part by the chemical explosion in Quinn of the Fury , is followed by a series of independent forays in which Quinn seizes a French sloop carrying hides by following it into a secret harbour and pretending he and his men are drunken sailors returning on board , rescues Royalist prisoners from a castle by skulking and climbing , seizes another French ship by disguising the prize vessel under his command as French , and outwits a pirate ship by means of a collision ( rescuing , by the way , a young Contessa who adds a romantic touch to the story ) . |