Example sentences of "follow he [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Peter Denny , like his father before him , intended that his son should follow him into the business .
2 However , Barbarossa was still suspicious of the leader of the Guelphs , and when he resolved to go on crusade he ordered that Henry must either follow him to the Holy Land or return to exile in England for a further three years .
3 If the female is ready to spawn she will follow him to the nest .
4 Whereas it used to be assumed that she would follow him around the country and around the world , it is now not uncommon for wives to decide to stay put in order to further their own careers , or so that they do not disrupt their children 's education .
5 They followed him to the study because for economy it was the only fire in the house , but he worked through their conversation and did not join it .
6 And we would have seen how her eyes followed him to the door .
7 ‘ Yes , ’ she agreed , and followed him to the table .
8 She followed him to the door ; he got some tools out of the shed and squatted down to unscrew the number plates from his old Renault .
9 Vi jumped to her feet and followed him to the door of the church , wincing in the sweet , cold air .
10 That is a talent that followed him to the Foreign Office and to the Department of Health , where he helped Ken Clarke take on hospital doctors attacking their tales of long hours as ‘ fishermen 's stories ’ .
11 The dog invariably followed him to the door , as if she expected , with each visitor , that her master would be back .
12 A year later his father followed him to the grave .
13 I slipped from my own chair without a word , kicked away the detritus of my previous life which was posing as champagne foil , and followed him to the Gents .
14 She followed him to the gunroom , shouting , while he picked up a tweed coat .
15 He said , ‘ Angie … ’ and she stood aside to let him in , lost for words , then followed him to the kitchen , as if he were showing her the way .
16 Haughtily , she followed him to the door .
17 Numbly , she followed him to the ladder at the back of the yacht , then watched as he ignored it and dived powerfully into the indigo water , his body slicing cleanly with hardly a splash before he struck out with a strong , fast crawl towards the far distant shore .
18 I followed him to the cold lands of the north , and bought dogs and a sledge .
19 ‘ Time to go , ’ he announced abruptly , and Robyn , with a hollow , empty heart , followed him to the car .
20 Faisal followed him to the railings .
21 Lindsey followed him to the desk .
22 She followed him to the lift , terrified of stepping into it with him and finding it empty !
23 She followed him to the third floor , then along the gallery to a closed door .
24 As she followed him to the back of the shop , Sophie remembered with sharp dismay the appointment she had made with Dawn .
25 Sarah followed him up the narrow stairs with her bag , her eyes on his thin , dirty bare legs and ragged trousers .
26 He turned abruptly away and Willie followed him up the lane and back on to the main street .
27 It was said simply and sincerely and Kate followed him up the stairs gladly .
28 Kate followed him up the stairs .
29 Stumbling a little , she followed him up the steps and across the moonlit terrace into the palazzo .
30 I clambered over the wall separating his garden from the orchard and followed him into the cottage .
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