Example sentences of "[vb past] led [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last he unlocked a heavily carved door , and after a moment Meredith saw that he 'd led her into a large office with plaster frescos and a glorious ceiling of painted angels hung with gilded chandeliers . |
| 2 | In the beginning Marian took on a lot of criminal work and admits wryly that the ‘ old lags just thought they 'd led me have a try ’ . |
| 3 | She 'd led me on , I did n't think she deserved my sympathy after that . |
| 4 | Unfortunately for the farmers , their lord and master thought they must be more prosperous than they 'd led him to believe , and he promptly put the rents back up . ’ |
| 5 | Was he furious because she 'd led him on only to change her mind at the last minute ? |
| 6 | I thought I 'd led you because these two have gone through . |
| 7 | ‘ You were testing me , seeing if I 'd fit your image of that tarty little number who 'd led your innocent younger brother astray ? ’ |
| 8 | But then the streets had led one into another and twisted and turned and escaped into strange territories … |
| 9 | She felt as if he had led her out of darkness into light . |
| 10 | In the full light she was surprised to see he was much younger than his bulky , overcoat-clad figure had led her to believe — and a great deal better looking . |
| 11 | Although she had moulded herself into the demure and restrained wife suitable to Stephen 's position , deep down she still possessed the wild spirits which had led her into Sir William Forster 's arms . |
| 12 | Her natural vivacity , her particular charm , had led her too often into thinking that people would be drawn into seeing things her way , with disastrous results . |
| 13 | ‘ Who are you ? ’ the teenager asked after he had led her into the main concourse . |
| 14 | Long-standing commercial interests in the Pacific and the Far East had led her to acquire naval bases in Hawaii and the Philippine Islands ( annexed in 1898 ) along with a stake in the China trade . |
| 15 | I 'm not usually stuck for words , ’ she went on , thinking of the successful extempore speeches she had made in court when her clients had led her into all sorts of impossible positions . |
| 16 | The sky — the aether , the immaterial arch of blue above her — had led her to neglect the material presence of anger in fire . |
| 17 | Her career , her desire for physical love , had led her to devalue , and so betray , herself . |
| 18 | It was he after all who had led her to arrest Taczek , he who had indirectly led her into the chief superintendent 's office that morning to have her face sprayed with warm saliva . |
| 19 | Her worry about his probable infidelity had led her to attack him in an irresponsibly dangerous manner . |
| 20 | Nothing in her life had led her to suppose that men could be relied on any more than anyone else . |
| 21 | Johnny 's double standards , and his entrenched belief in the superiority of the male , had led her into an angry tirade of defence designed only to prove that she was exactly the cheap little tart that he so obviously thought her.Their relationship seemed to be increasingly an exercise in one-upmanship : my time 's better than yours ; so there ! |
| 22 | Jane realised her desperation had led her to saying something foolish . |
| 23 | Agnes Jones 's intense religious fervour , which had led her into nursing in the first place , caused Florence Nightingale some anxiety . |
| 24 | Before Melissa realised what was happening , he had led her off the path and in among the trees . |
| 25 | She felt a nervous spasm in her stomach as she passed the point where Fernand had led her from the path to show her his secret refuge . |
| 26 | But the luxurious tropical oasis that was the Hamiltons ' house , and the fact that she saw Tom every day and had become friends with him , had led her to drop her guard without fully realising that she had done so , and now she was utterly vulnerable to him . |
| 27 | She recalled the housekeeper 's kindness to her the previous evening , when she had led her from her mistress 's chamber and shown her the room that Miss Merchiston had assigned for her use . |
| 28 | Moments later he had led her up a short stairway , through the heavily bolted door at the top , and out of the building , and Isabel had recognised the alley leading to the wash-houses and pressing-rooms , which lay between the towering keep and the curtain wall . |
| 29 | She had smiled uncertainly at Isabel and had started to say something , but then Simon had put his arm around her waist and had led her away , his head bent over her fair one , his expression tender . |
| 30 | What craziness had led her to agree to Peter 's plan in the first place ? she asked herself , and what now … ? |