Example sentences of "lead her [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Rachel 's pulses thundered as she allowed him to lead her to the dance-floor beneath the flashing lights . |
2 | Rachel allowed him to lead her to the dance-floor , but his callous dismissal of the unfortunate Domino was symptomatic of the kind of man he was . |
3 | Numbly Rory allowed him to lead her to the dance floor , moving automatically into his arms as though she 'd always belonged there . |
4 | Luke came round the car and took her arm in a firm grasp to lead her through the gate and up the path to the front door . |
5 | Franz pulled Therese 's arm through his and began to lead her up the track towards the car park , but she stopped and looked back . |
6 | He lifted her down from the train , kissed her swiftly , then began to lead her towards the taxi rank . |
7 | And to Folly 's surprise he started to lead her towards the building . |
8 | And again had to wonder what the dickens was the matter with her for Ven , in no way similarly affected , moved and , taking casual hold of her arm , began to lead her across the road . |
9 | She had expected him to lead her around the side of the house towards the gravelled front courtyard ; instead he headed in the opposite direction , down through the wide grass path into the garden itself . |
10 | But still less did she want to make a scene or create any kind of curiosity amongst the people she had just left , so she allowed him to lead her from the room , saying , ‘ Yes , we needed to discuss those — er — charts , did n't we , Dr Russell ? ’ in case anyone was still listening . |
11 | Then he was smiling and laying a soft kiss against her lips before slipping one strong arm around her shoulders and leading her across the beach back to the house . |
12 | Then he was leading her across the terrace and through the open doors of the villa , across the drawing-room and out into the hall . |
13 | On long strides he was leading her towards the door , oblivious to her inner anguish . |
14 | He was leading her to the edge of the dance-floor . |
15 | He took her arm , leading her to the stall . |
16 | Leading her to the front of the shop , he said , ‘ This is very small fry compared with Chesmore Zoo , but it covers most of all the species that we are allowed to sell . |
17 | He liked to reverse the situation of being led around the ring , by grabbing with his teeth his owner 's arm by the cuff of her coat , and leading her around the ring instead . |
18 | In the forest insectivores with non-sociable behaviour , the male pursues the female , courts her , and leads her to the nest he has built . |
19 | The spontaneity of metaphoric innovation in the speech of the professor 's children leads her to the revelation that words once thought of as ‘ the bare bones of language ’ are actually alive with flesh . |
20 | As Harry led her towards the dance floor , she said , ‘ For one moment I thought you were going to knock poor Jerry sideways . ’ |
21 | He turned now and led her towards the door , but there he stopped and in a quiet voice said , ‘ Now , do what I tell you . |
22 | Aware of her unease , Michele smiled a little , a twisted smile that held no mirth , and , taking her elbow , led her towards the house . |
23 | He made no response , but just took her hand and led her towards the stable-block . |
24 | It was in Schiaparelli that she met Tricarico , who brought her aboard the Resplendent Trogon , which led her into the presence of Balthazar Plum — and if it had n't been for all that , she would never have acquired the Alice in the first place . |
25 | Elisabeth put her hand under Rosa Jacobsen 's elbow and led her into the cottage . |
26 | He took her hand and led her into the atrium , where she turned and went into his arms . |
27 | They led her into the interview-room , gave her a cup of tea and got her to sign the consent form — somewhat of a formality as the child was already in Theatre by this time , but at least that way they were covered in the event of any repercussions . |
28 | ‘ Mrs Wormwood is n't going to thank you for this , ’ the man said as he led her into the sitting-room where a large platinum-blonde woman was gazing rapturously at the TV screen . |
29 | I took her hand and led her into the centre of the dancers , as the light failed over Wimbledon . |
30 | He led her into the hall with a shining expanse of parquet floor in front of her , his hand still on her arm . |