Example sentences of "lead [adv prt] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what kind of battle ? she wondered apprehensively , discovering an exit from this bedroom which led on to a terrace , with an archway framing a velvety night sky filled with bright silver stars . |
| 2 | I led on to the subject of the probability of his having shortly to be released from his pain and suffering and hoped that his trust was in his Saviour and he replied , ‘ Oh yes , it is ! |
| 3 | In later stages , cottage and craft industries were moved into factories , which then led on to the development of ‘ machinofacture ’ ( mechanised production ) through technological innovation . |
| 4 | It required the outbreak of war and the threatened imminence of defeat to produce the power-sharing of 1940 , which led on to the power transference of 1945 . |
| 5 | The great events of his administration were the return to the gold standard , the Treaty of Locarno , the General Strike , the Imperial Conference of 1926 which led on to the Statute of Westminster , and the measures originating in the Ministry of Health for the reform of local government and the extension of social security . |
| 6 | From the Labyrinth 's south-west entrance a paved ramp , now eroded beyond recognition , led down to a bridge over the Vlychia stream ; on the south side this was supported on a finely built stone viaduct , which carried the road on south-eastwards along the north front of the Pilgrim Hostel and then southwards between yet more Minoan houses . |
| 7 | The main entrance was on a small , dusty square grandly named Campo San Pietro , while , at the rear , steps led down to a canal and a private landing-stage for the guests arriving by water-taxi . |
| 8 | ‘ The front door ! ’ said Rose , mightily impressed , as they stood at the top of a flight of wide stone steps , flanked by funerary urns , which led down to the drive . |
| 9 | Flat roofs are laid with a slight slope so that rainwater can be collected by conventional gutters and led down to the drains . |
| 10 | Kit Hegarty moved swiftly around her large house in a quiet road that led down to the sea . |
| 11 | The boat house resembled a small chapel built into the sloping land that led down to the water 's edge , except that it was windowless and the bell in the tower no longer rang . |
| 12 | For at that moment , directly below the steps that led down to the Moebius Strip , the float of dummy Capellans was purring serenely by . |
| 13 | From the square in front of the hotel , an avenue led down to the Corniche where people strolled arm iii arm along the Nile . |
| 14 | Rachaela left the house and went to the steps which led down to the beach . |
| 15 | I spent a lot of time discovering and browsing through the bookshops , and then reading on the lawns which led down to the river Cam from the backs of the colleges . |
| 16 | Turning her back on the sunset , she crossed the yard to where a track , wide enough to take a vehicle , led down to the river . |
| 17 | Steps led down to the banks of the river , and from the water 's edge , the ruins of the castle dominated the skyline . |
| 18 | A silver stairway on stage led down to the stalls . |
| 19 | Luke Travis was standing at the top of the short flight of stone steps that led down to the garden . |
| 20 | A short flight of stone steps led down to the entrance . |
| 21 | Tiny fields , green and white where the snow was melting again , led down to the outskirts of the town . |
| 22 | At dawn on the morning of his twelfth birthday — in the official court annals his thirteenth , for they accorded with ancient Han tradition in calling the day of the child 's birth its first ‘ birth day ’ — Li Yuan was woken by his father and , when he was dressed in the proper clothes , led down to the stables of the Tongjiang estate . |
| 23 | Beyond it fell a flight of stone steps which led down to the bank 's vault . |
| 24 | She blinked as they emerged into blinding brightness and searing heat , and paused to fumble for her sunglasses before they descended the broad flight of steps that led down to the canal . |
| 25 | I hurried down steep Flower Hill , a flowerless road of grey terraced houses and shops that led down to the bridge and the weir . |
| 26 | Rousing herself , she glanced at the huge diamond solitaire on her left hand as if for reassurance , before picking up her luggage and heading for the steps which led down to the landing-stage and the vaporetti . |
| 27 | So they turned their footsteps in the direction of the dropshaft which led down to the Solitorium . |
| 28 | At the back of the hall a flight of stairs led down to the servants ' kitchen . |
| 29 | This gave him a view up one of the sidestreets which led down to the corner of the square . |
| 30 | It was windy up on the ridge , and the ponies jogged impatiently as they reached the stretch of open turf which led over to the wood and the track through it . |