Example sentences of "lead him [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She held out her hand to lead him through the courtyard , stopping at the fountain which was lit by soft moonlight . |
| 2 | It was an attempt to lead him to the realization that this was something that would n't work … |
| 3 | By 1864 his interest in Christianity and his deference to family expectations were still strong enough to lead him to the choice of theology as one of his two subjects at Bonn ; but there is no doubt that belief was a thing of the past . |
| 4 | He suspected that Bishop Jon , who guessed , and Tuathal , who knew , had long discussed how to lead him to the state of proper sanctity in which a king should dwell . |
| 5 | And , Father , he asked — the lord sheriff asked — that I should beg you to have Brother Cadfael informed also , and when the morning comes , if you permit , I am to lead him to the place , to meet the sheriff there . |
| 6 | At the house door she left the candle burning upon a shelf within , and took him by the hand to lead him across the stones of the court to the wicket gate ; but he halted her suddenly , drawing her back within the shelter of the doorway . |
| 7 | Irony was to the fore when in 1925 he wrote of the Russian Revolution , but behind it was a more important urge leading him to the poem ‘ Le Voyage ’ of his favourite Baudelaire . |
| 8 | ‘ No alcohol , ’ Damian said coolly , leading him to the terrace . |
| 9 | This was Rosalind Hatch — Roz — and she greeted Cowley coolly , but courteously , before leading him through the house and into the rear garden . |
| 10 | When we stopped , he told me that he saw Jesus leading him down the path away from St Luke 's and out into the street . |
| 11 | After making the running for the first circuit , he let Royal Cedar take a breather going down the back for the last time , with Seagram and Durham Edition leading him down the hill . |
| 12 | ‘ It sounds as if you enjoyed it , ’ she said , leading him across the room . |
| 13 | ‘ In private , ’ I added , leading him into the kitchen . |
| 14 | Ashley protested , leading him into the house and through to the living-room . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's Tim , ’ said Camille , leading him into the garden . |
| 16 | Leading him into the living room , she indicated the armchair for him to sit in . |
| 17 | Putting as much professional coolness into her voice as she could muster , she proceeded to do so , leading him into the side ward , where he could study the patient for himself . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll take him up to his bed , Cissie , ’ Beth told her , at the same time taking the boy by the hand and leading him towards the door . |
| 19 | Absolutely , ’ he said , hooking an arm around the man 's shoulders and leading him from the porch . |
| 20 | His examination of a number of important constitutional conventions leads him to the conclusion that they are united in character by the possession of a single purpose — to secure that Parliament and government are ultimately subject to the wishes of the electorate . |
| 21 | She leads him by the hand , and from a distance they resemble those drawings of Christopher Robin dragging Winnie The Pooh along the ground . |
| 22 | She spoke again , led him to the window and pointed . |
| 23 | Dorchester may have been an extreme case , but throughout England , there were hard-working , anxious , godly folk whose rage with their king eventually led him to the scaffold at Whitehall . |
| 24 | Back at the hotel , instead of heading for the bedroom , she led him to the bar , where they took a couple of glasses of malt and fell to chatting with some locals who 'd ‘ just dropped by to have a nightcap ’ despite the fact it was gone midnight and they all had work to go to in the morning . |
| 25 | When Edward suggested ablutions first he grinned engagingly and led him to the bar . |
| 26 | Mr Utterson led him to the address on Mr Hyde 's visiting card . |
| 27 | And it was not until Mrs Thackray 's tall , craggy fair-haired son had shouldered his luggage and led him to the top of St Jude 's Street that he had realized his peril . |
| 28 | Somewhat to his own surprise , Harry found himself booking a single room , despite the exorbitant tariff , and following the prim receptionist as she led him to the door . |
| 29 | Presumably it was both practical and political reasons that led him to the subject working party strategy . |
| 30 | Here is a passage of Thoreau which both demonstrates the creative process and also shows that it led him to the peak experience which he termed being charmed . |