Example sentences of "led me [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems at first quite astonishing to learn that neither the inventory in Jacques 's marriage contract nor that made after death provides any evidence that he was a flute-player or maker ; they seem to contradict the generally held view that he was a maker - a view which is supported by an entry in von Uffenbach 's diary which records a visit he paid Jacques in 1715 : ‘ He [ Jacques ] led me into a tidy room and showed me there many beautiful transverse flutes that he himself makes and from which he wishes to gain special profit . ’ |
| 2 | She returned a few minutes later and somewhat grudgingly led me into a little room at the back . |
| 3 | I waited in the office for an hour before she led me into a darkened side ward . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The proprietor led me into the windowless gloom . |
| 6 | She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby . |
| 7 | I skulked down one side of the garden and went through the arch which led me to a walled garden in the middle of which there was a fountain playing . |
| 8 | He led me to a long , low building . |
| 9 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 10 | Where was Um Al-Farajh , I asked him , and he led me to a large square of fir trees and pointed to the earth . |
| 11 | He led me to a large , upright scallop of rock . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | And her white Reeboks screeched at the marble as she turned and led me to the waiting forms . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | When I said that I did , he led me up the narrow street to the church and unlocked the ancient door . |
| 16 | He led me through the narrow alleys of the Old City until we came to a lane barely two feet wide . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |