Example sentences of "lead i [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 He led me through to the next room , and up against the wall there lay a stack of some ten to fifteen canvases .
2 But her eyes were fail of pain as she led me through to the lounge .
3 Now , " he said , placing a creaky arm across my shoulders as he led me through to the parlour , " I want you to meet Vron . "
4 Ward had his camera with him , and though he led me round at a breathless pace , talking all the time about the terrible religious cult of the Aztecs , he also took quite a few pictures , usually with myself or some other human in the foreground to give an indication of the scale of the place .
5 When she was satisfied with the state of the blaze Laura led me round to the side of the kiln , removed the bung and gestured for me to look in .
6 ‘ Good night , gentlemen ! ’ he called out merrily , and humming a hymn , led me out of the room .
7 He led me out into the snow and we crossed the island towards the beach .
8 He led me back into the house and up to Southgate 's chamber .
9 He led me back through the empty-ward to the other end .
10 I was still trembling when I reached the barn and hardly said a word as Mr Bailes led me back across the road to the farm .
11 He led me back to the dining hall , vast and empty save for my two friends .
12 Once he had gone , Benjamin led me back to the stable .
13 Benjamin rose and , slipping his arm through mine , led me back to the garden , teasing me into a good mood as he explained how he had found Waldegrave drunk as a lord and insensible as a rock in a corner of his opulent chapel .
14 He put my felonious body in the stocks of his arm and led me off in the direction of what passed for a garden at Sussex , a series of brick-edged parallelograms that could n't have looked more artificial if they had been planted with cathode-ray tubes , instead of hardy perennials .
15 Mrs Rumney was shout to lead me through to the kitchen when the door burst open and Cedric bounded delightedly into the midst of the company .
16 I said my goodbyes to the head of the House of Timur ; Pakeezah offered to lead me back through the labyrinth of Daryaganj to the Faiz Bazaar .
17 He admires in Horace ‘ the beauty , force and vehemence of Impression : which leads me on to a more rare and entertaining subject , not anywhere ( I think ) insisted on by others ’ .
18 Before waiting for an answer she takes me by the hand and leads me on to the dance floor .
19 yes and that , that in a way leads me on to the next party , if we 're gon na have an agreement between this group or , you know , the other group
20 I may have the idea that makes me start putting the brush strokes down , but at some point the canvas will take on a life of its own and lead me off in a direction I never expected to go .
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