Example sentences of "he led them [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Jim Lancaster 's lips twitched into a smile of relief and he led them towards the hall .
2 He led them to a dugout canoe half a mile downstream , and they poled slowly across to the other bank .
3 Quickly he led them to a table , produced menus and wine , but deep in her despairing heart Alex was convinced that it was the surprise of someone seeing a customer who had already been in once that evening .
4 One of the crooks was picked up half-a-mile away and he led them to the tot who was sitting unhurt on a pedestrian walkway .
5 He led them to the er , first British title for a European trophy , and erm , eventually er , he also was a member of the Northern Ireland team that actually reached the quarter-finals in the nineteen fifty eight World Cup .
6 He led them at a smart pace along the path where the railway had been and though they grumbled about the branches scratching their legs his sister and his brothers followed him .
7 The rest clambered into their saddles , and followed him unquestioningly as he led them at a canter downslope to where the hills opened out and patches of ground could be seen where the snow was melting .
8 He led them down a small corridor , paused by a door , took out a huge bunch of keys , slowly , and deliberately , unlocked the door , and then , with a dramatic , indeed melodramatic , flourish , flung it open .
9 He led them into a room overlooking an attractive courtyard , with a paved area surrounded by shrubs .
10 ‘ We are a scientific community , ’ he said as he led them into a dismal cavernous hall , ‘ and also a spiritual one . ’
11 He led them into a small , more comfortable room behind the great hall where a fire burnt in the canopied hearth ; it was cosier and not so forbidding , with its wood-panelled walls and high-backed chairs arranged in a semi-circle around the hearth .
12 He led them into the mortuary , and pulled the sheet back from the body of the girl .
13 He led them into the kitchen , chatting to Blanche and Dexter as if they were house guests rather than police officers who had come to interview him about a murder .
14 He led them across the hall and through the dining-room , down a corridor and into what he explained was a private dining-room where members could entertain groups of friends or associates .
15 And he led them in a weary canter down to the Rorim .
16 Instead , because his followers were anxious for a fight , he led them against the Auvergne , where there had recently been a conspiracy against him , which he wished to punish .
17 He led them round the range of the Ochils and swept through the strath down which the river Allan poured on its way to the Forth far behind him .
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