Example sentences of "[coord] led the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Hi , ’ she said and led the way upstairs . |
| 2 | The Belfast helped sink the German battleship Scharnhorst off Norway in 1943 and led the naval bombardment in support of the Normandy D Day landing at Juno Beach . |
| 3 | Suddenly Rachel leant over and kissed Phoebe quite gently on the cheek , and then she turned and led the way downstairs . |
| 4 | GEMA organized and led the ‘ Change the Constitution ’ movement which had as its objective the prevention of the vice-president taking power in an interim period before an election , and which came to dominate party politics in the mid 1970s . |
| 5 | The discovery of 24 Sam-7 anti-aircraft missiles in the debris of a light plane which crashed in El Salvador last month threatened to wreck the summit and led the Salvadoreans to suspend relations with Nicaragua . |
| 6 | The discovery of 24 Sam-7 anti-aircraft missiles in the debris of a light plane which crashed in El Salvador last month threatened to wreck the summit and led the Salvadoreans to suspend relations with Nicaragua . |
| 7 | For much of the 1970s he was Lloyd 's vice-captain and led the team once , against Australia in the first match after Packer 's ‘ circus ’ had left town . |
| 8 | Paisley about faced and led the parade around the block so that it now came upon Fisherwick Place from the west . |
| 9 | The race itself was uneventful for Arazi as his two pacemakers , Carson Bay and Akiko , made the early running , and led the field into the home straight . |
| 10 | Heynckes had joined Bayern in 1987 after seven years as manager of Borussia , and led the Bavarian club to two Bundesliga titles . |
| 11 | Mr Kevin Williams , the solicitor who exposed Pindown and led the campaign for a full inquiry into the regime , said yesterday the Official Solicitor had asked the children to seek legal advice about compensation if they had not already done so . |
| 12 | In 1948 Pillai became India 's Commissioner-General for Economic and Trade Affairs , with the rank of Ambassador , and led the Indian delegation to the GATT talks . |
| 13 | He paid the driver and led the way into the building . |
| 14 | The measure of 1932 , which marked profoundly the discussions leading up to the Act of 1944 , was bitterly resisted ( especially in Wales ) and led the president of the Board of Education to argue in the Commons that secondary education should be reserved for ‘ selected children , the gifted and the intellectual ’ from whom ‘ we expect leaders of industry and commerce in the coming generation ’ . |
| 15 | Come , Agnes , ’ and saying this , she turned and led the way into the workroom at the back of the shop . |
| 16 | Sir Alec Cairncross , a former Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury , heaps praise on the Attlee governments at the end of his highly regarded study Years of Recovery : ‘ Whether one tries to look forward from 1945 or backwards from forty years later , those years appear in retrospect , and rightly so , as years when the government knew where it wanted to go and led the country with an understanding of what was at stake . |
| 17 | ‘ We 'll never give in ! ’ said Our Gracie , and led the auditorium audience of 10,000 in several rousing verses of ‘ Land of Hope and Glory ’ and ‘ There 'll Always Be An England ’ . |
| 18 | Indeed , he was extremely furious and led the fight to establish a new body and was present at the first meeting of the British Deaf and Dumb Association in Leeds in 1890 . |
| 19 | So Chola took her downstairs and led the bull out of its dark stable into the adjoining sheep-pen , which was enclosed by stone walls , but without a roof so there was light to see . |
| 20 | In general the survey revealed that ‘ the declining state of the environment was a ma–or worry to a large number of people ’ and led the NCC to commission a further , more detailed investigation in 1986 . |
| 21 | Upon reaching the bridge , he turned off the road and led the way through the trees , dismounting in a little clearing by the fast flowing water . |
| 22 | Yet when Stephen threw open the front door and led the way through the entrance hall into a lofty and elegant room , graced with pillars and dominated by an ornate white marble fireplace , even Jonadab was taken aback . |
| 23 | Pushing a renegade curl from his forehead , he divested the boot of our luggage and led the way to reception , where we said goodbye to Sandy , the lady driver . |
| 24 | He also issued the detailed orders , arranged training , and led the raid . |
| 25 | Changing the subject , Black Agnes announced that the men must be hungry , if not tired , and led the way over the next bridge-corridor , through the vaulted basement of a second tower and over yet another bridge to the main keep of the castle . |
| 26 | Claudia got up , opened the door and led the way out . |
| 27 | The children , however , were persistent and led the way round to the side of the building , stopping at what had probably been a small parcels office . |
| 28 | ‘ Come on , ’ Shamlou snapped , and led the way towards the exit . |
| 29 | ‘ Let's go , ’ he said and led the way to the car . |
| 30 | They now looked towards the door through which the young fellow was making a hurried exit , and , somewhat impatiently , Aggie said , ‘ Come along with you , come along , ’ and led the way through yet another door and into a passageway , and so into a square hall from which a stairway rose . |