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Example sentences of "lead they [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The youth led them through a brick archway into a second room overflowing with cardboard boxes , many of them open to reveal their contents .
2	Jackie led them through the wood where Joy Prentice had fled and fallen , then along the banks of the stream which fed the water-wheel , to a small wooden bridge .
3	They collected their horses from the stables and led them through the cold , bustling streets .
4	The journey was quick and bruising ; Selkirk led them through the town , up the craggy rock and across the wooden drawbridge into Edinburgh Castle .
5	He led them into a room overlooking an attractive courtyard , with a paved area surrounded by shrubs .
6	He led them into the kitchen , chatting to Blanche and Dexter as if they were house guests rather than police officers who had come to interview him about a murder .
7	A gaoler led them into the porter 's lodge , the fellow bowing and scraping as he recognised Sir John .
8	As the Galks led them into the desert , the travellers could see the Cun arguing with the skull people , trying to reclaim their raw meat .
9	A pack leader saw the police in hot pursuit , called six Sturmabteilungen to him and led them into the stadium .
10	Lady Macleod received the travellers in ‘ a stately dining-room ’ , fed them and led them into the drawing-room for tea to meet the family .
11	He led them into the mortuary , and pulled the sheet back from the body of the girl .
12	The junior led them to a trooper lying plastron up some distance from the others .
13	That led them to a Kamalian whose secretions matched the saliva found at the scene of the crime . ’
14	Quickly he led them to a table , produced menus and wine , but deep in her despairing heart Alex was convinced that it was the surprise of someone seeing a customer who had already been in once that evening .
15	He led them to a dugout canoe half a mile downstream , and they poled slowly across to the other bank .
16	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 .
17	It was precisely their erudition , their cultivation , their financial security , their disdain for the mediocre that led them to the gas chambers .
18	The search for counter-examples led them to the history of the family and of the primitive local community which they saw as kinship based .
19	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 .
20	Talbot led them to the wardroom and gestured them to their seats .
21	He gestured towards the table with an amiable smile and led them to the gate .
22	Myeloski led them to the room where the girl had been found .
23	The count simply abandoned the small , expensive aircraft and led them to the car .
24	One of the crooks was picked up half-a-mile away and he led them to the tot who was sitting unhurt on a pedestrian walkway .
25	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 .
26	The choice of Natal is strange as captain Craig Jamieson , the man who led them to the Cup in 1990 , is still very much involved in rugby .
27	‘ Jesus , ’ Devlin said , as Leber led them towards a field car parked outside the radio hut .
28	She led them towards the kitchen , certain that Bella would make them welcome and throw another three or four collops of bacon into the pan .
29	Jim Lancaster 's lips twitched into a smile of relief and he led them towards the hall .
30	He led them across the hall and through the dining-room , down a corridor and into what he explained was a private dining-room where members could entertain groups of friends or associates .