Example sentences of "lead me [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keith Lascelles took my hand , squeezing it reassuringly as he led me across the stage , up the wide stairway dividing the orchestra , and left me to arrange myself on the rostrum . |
| 2 | Then the old lady took me firmly by the arm and led me into the bathroom . |
| 3 | He led me into the hut he had just come out of |
| 4 | She led me into the kind of large room that Americans call studios . |
| 5 | But he raised his left hand again , this time to silence me ; took my arm and led me to the edge of the colonnade . |
| 6 | Mrs Aboud led me to the balcony from where it was evident that many of the surrounding buildings — like those elsewhere in the Arab quarter — had been devastated , their roofs smashed in and their windows punched out of their frames . |
| 7 | My searches even led me to the absurdity of being directed to the deep freeze in one newsagent when I asked for Spare Rib . |
| 8 | I checked my hexagram against the index , which led me to the pages headed Ta Kuo : Preponderance of the Great . |
| 9 | She frowned for a moment , then picked up my hand and led me to the window . |
| 10 | Although this is an isolated example it is typical of the problems I encountered and which led me to the conclusion that the product simply is n't ready for release into the market in its current form . |
| 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 | And so saying , he led me over the fields to his childhood home . |
| 13 | Alison led me through the hall into the kitchen , a sprawling space with a flagstone floor dominated by a huge table , a Welsh dresser and rows of large cupboards . |
| 14 | They made respectful way for him as he led me through the village to a longhouse standing apart from the others . |
| 15 | She led me through the throng . |
| 16 | He grasped my elbow and led me through the hallway and into a long room knocked through the whole length of the house . |
| 17 | And he led me towards the hills |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He greeted his brother nose to nose , welcomed the Omanis and took my hand to lead me up the steps of the family bungalow . |
| 20 | And then you , Sir John ! lust in case I should forget , or withdraw , or hide behind my church walls , you are here , ready to lead me along the streets , remind me that there is no escape from murder , from witnessing the greatest sin of all — a man slaying his brother ! ’ |
| 21 | I nodded and he turned back to mutter something into his talkback before handing me the mike , taking my hand and leading me to the stage . |
| 22 | In fact I do n't know what made me think he was that way in the first place — unless it was you , of course , leading me off the trail ! |
| 23 | He guessed rightly that little Didier Bluot was leading me into the cemetery and would direct me to Montaine 's grave . |
| 24 | That dialogue has lead me to the point of issuing a joint statement with Mr Addams . |
| 25 | This episode leads me to the idea that at the physical level , there is a need for a philosophy to overcome disasters and fear , and also to help that majority of people who do not fulfil all their biological needs , and who have to sublimate them . |
| 26 | Sister Agnesey leads me to the bed on which lies Maria Frantzia , the old man 's wife ; she smiles and we exchange a few words . |
| 27 | Regarding work with the children and the new families , my plea for a more sophisticated approach in assessing the needs of children and finding the appropriate routes to permanent placement for each child leads me to the conclusion that the nature of the social work service to each child and family must vary according to their needs and their wishes . |
| 28 | A reading of the Act of 1968 , which was based on the draft Bill annexed to the report , leads me to the conclusion that , when using the very words of the draft , Parliament intended to implement the committee 's thinking . |
| 29 | All this leads me to the conclusion that the greater part of the passage of geological time has left over most of the earth no more than Shakespeare 's " gap in nature " . |
| 30 | This sort of evidence leads me to the conclusion that the continents , rather than sailing about the earth until they met in catastrophic collisions , separated and came together again repeatedly along the same general lines . |