Example sentences of "lead me [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She led me into the pink-and-green chintzy sitting-room where Harry , pale with blue shadows below the eyes , sat in an armchair with his bandaged leg elevated on a large upholstered footstool . |
| 2 | The proprietor led me into the windowless gloom . |
| 3 | She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby . |
| 4 | The house we sat in was still in chaos , so she led me to the sunny kitchen , where we talked and drank coffee , surrounded by boxes and plants and the smell of paint . |
| 5 | And her white Reeboks screeched at the marble as she turned and led me to the waiting forms . |
| 6 | The second day continued where the first day left off : four catches by Hick to equal the record for a Test against Pakistan originally set by the little-remembered spinner Jim McConnon of Glamorgan in 1954 , and then my researches led me to the remarkable fact that John Birch , who played for Notts from 1973 to 1988 , was known as ‘ Bonk ’ . |
| 7 | When I said that I did , he led me up the narrow street to the church and unlocked the ancient door . |
| 8 | He led me through the narrow alleys of the Old City until we came to a lane barely two feet wide . |
| 9 | As he led me through the back door and on to the waste ground he used as an unofficial parking lot , he said : ‘ Good runner , only thirty thousand on the clock . ’ |
| 10 | A shadow fell across my sunny table and I looked up to find Kenneth who 'd been on a recce of the hospital , so after a lunch of ribs , skins , wings and blueberry pie , he was able to lead me through the appropriate doors of the vast , multi-entranced building . |
| 11 | Just what routes will logic produce to lead me to the complete knowledge of the nature of a flea ? … |
| 12 | as if in a dream , I allowed Mrs Knelle to lead me to the front door . |
| 13 | I turned to my nearest fellow browser , intending to ask her politely but firmly to lead me to the nearest padded cell , but it came out wrong . |
| 14 | As Estella was leading me along the dark passages , she stopped suddenly and put her face close to mine . |
| 15 | This leads me to the last determinant of transmission teaching I want to explore here : that of teacher isolation . |
| 16 | That leads me to the last question , ground ( 7 ) . |
| 17 | The second point is on correspondence , I 'm absolutely certain that when a member of public writes in to any department , not necessarily highway , he expects and needs an immediate response , now I know you have , you have started the acknowledgement of our system , but I think it 's , it does n't go far enough , an acknowledgement card that simply says the thing is received and is receiving attention , needs to then indicate the individual to whom that matter has been passed for attention and that leads me to the third point and I think the general complaint on the public is that local government is seen as faceless people and I think we have to get in our mind to name people within our department , there 's not one mention about it in our promise , I think we need , unless I 've not read it , but I think , I think we , yes , but I think we need to mention people by name , senior people within the department who will respond to particular things and certainly where public comes into contact within the offices we must get around to wearing a name badge who says who that person is , people want to relate to a person and I think we can do that if we try . |
| 18 | And that , logically , leads me to the obvious conclusion — that I love you , and that we must be married as soon as possible . |
| 19 | Now , that as the picture er , leads me onto the next er , stage which is what in ministry , er what can we do in nineteen ninety three ? |
| 20 | I had the radio on low , in case they interrupted the broadcast with any bulletins that might lead me to the new Night Mayor . |
| 21 | You will ask yourself , ‘ If I listen to my best friend within and follow the precepts , will he lead me to the same holiness as those whose life was dedicated to the light ? ’ |
| 22 | Lead me beside the still waters . |