Example sentences of "[conj] lead [pron] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rain had to choose whether to let him pass or lead him into the house and try to steer him away from the kitchen . |
| 2 | It was the same mentality that led him into the folie de grandeur of thinking that , having been a champion driver , he was also fitted to run a motor-racing team — indeed , to think that he was better fitted to do so than those for whom he had worked and driven . |
| 3 | He saw her state at once and without another word took her arm and led her into the little sitting room . |
| 4 | Elisabeth put her hand under Rosa Jacobsen 's elbow and led her into the cottage . |
| 5 | As he took his hostess 's arm and led her into the dining-room , he did not glance again at Madeleine . |
| 6 | After the caretaker had unlocked the big front door and disappeared down the drive , Harry took Madeleine 's arm and led her into the drawing-room . |
| 7 | Then he picked up the two bags and led her into the terminal . |
| 8 | He put his arm around her and led her into the room , and Maggie got up to go . |
| 9 | I took her hand and led her into the centre of the dancers , as the light failed over Wimbledon . |
| 10 | He took her hand and led her into the atrium , where she turned and went into his arms . |
| 11 | A pack leader saw the police in hot pursuit , called six Sturmabteilungen to him and led them into the stadium . |
| 12 | Lady Macleod received the travellers in ‘ a stately dining-room ’ , fed them and led them into the drawing-room for tea to meet the family . |
| 13 | Corbett stared at him and looked away , the tension between them broken by the Pictish leader who took Thomas by the hand , like a child with a parent , and led him into the largest house , beckoning Corbett to follow them . |
| 14 | Do come in , ’ she said , and led him into the dining-room . |
| 15 | She took his hand and led him into the sitting room . |
| 16 | The tiny woman took Tuppe by the hand and led him into the darkness at the rear of the shop . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's this way , ’ Ashley said , and led him into the house . |
| 18 | Then the old lady took me firmly by the arm and led me into the bathroom . |
| 19 | Finally , still silent , she turned and led us into the main room . |
| 20 | He helped the crew hang up their coats , said , ‘ So ! ’ again , and led us into the living-room , a modest affair with a bookcase of mainly naval books , a desk with photographs of his dead family , a crucifix , and , on a separate table , a model of a U-boat . |
| 21 | Indeed the whole point of Smith 's contention in his 1776 treatise The Wealth of Nations is that if individuals pursue their own self-interests then , as it were , an invisible hand will guide all their separate strivings and competition and lead them into the greater good for society as a whole . |
| 22 | There was no doctor , no magic seer to give her the golden branch and lead her into the underworld , only yet another pretty young woman , the radiological technician . |
| 23 | Turner 's painting of Hardraw Scar shows a vast rocky amphitheatre with a torrent gushing over the lip of the furthest wall , while leading us into the scene there is a wide , almost treeless valley , with cows grazing on its slopes and a milkmaid perched on a dry-stone wall ill the foreground . |