Example sentences of "[noun sg] led [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the prior hypothesis led us to the finding in the rural high oil worker category ( table II , both for all ages and the 0–4 age group . |
| 2 | She confessed that the bitter jibes and over-exposure led her to the precipice . |
| 3 | An ad in the Sevenoaks Chronicle led him to the white 1988 Sierra Sapphire 1.8 LX , advertised at £3750 . |
| 4 | Of the 62 yachts in her class , only the 12-metre Crusader led her round the course . |
| 5 | Grooms took their horses whilst a pompous steward of the Prince 's household led them up the main steps into the spacious hall . |
| 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 | The barmaid led them from the bar and up some rickety steps . |
| 9 | The proprietor led me into the windowless gloom . |
| 10 | The guide led her into the air-conditioned jewellery shop and held out the box to a sales assistant . |
| 11 | The sad consequence on the children 's lives of the circumstances of their birth led me to the conclusion that pregnancy in elderly women might not be appropriate and the whole programme was stopped . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Cross and Bevan 's interest in the chemistry of cellulose led them to the study of the viscose solutions produced by treating cellulose with a strong solution of caustic soda and then carbon disulphide vapour . |
| 14 | Every so often , as the young man led them across the room , a telephone would ring , but quietly , its bell having been adjusted to suit the tone of the office , and someone would answer the muted telephone in a lowered voice . |
| 15 | An unusual call led us to the reeds by the lake , and it turned out to be an ortolan bunting , quite distinctive with its buff chest and olive-green head . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The fellow led him down the corridor , stopped before another door and tapped gently on it . |
| 18 | His family situation led him to the inescapable conclusion that the world was a hostile , alien environment in which was concealed the terrible presence of death , and in which the hopes , convictions and aspirations of men could be dashed by the unforeseeable and irreversible consequences of a malevolent destiny . |
| 19 | Our last cliff path led us above the water , west into the setting sun , to Mgarr where we had landed a week earlier . |
| 20 | The car in question was a little Renault , and Jenna was interested as Marguerite led her to the garage later and opened it up . |
| 21 | A gaoler led them into the porter 's lodge , the fellow bowing and scraping as he recognised Sir John . |