Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] leading [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack had to fill the coal scuttles , Kevin to bring in the logs , Aengus had to roll yesterday 's papers into sausage-like shapes which would be used for lighting the fires later , Gerry , who was meant to be the animal lover , had to take Oswald for a run in the park , and see that there was something on the bird table in the garden , and Ronan had to open the big heavy curtains in the front rooms , take the milk in from the steps and place it in the big fridge and brush whatever had to be brushed from the big granite steps leading up to the house . |
| 2 | With this intention firmly planted in her mind , she headed for the back stairs leading down into the kitchens . |
| 3 | She had reached the pier now , and , still fighting against the wind , made for the flight of iron steps leading down to the beach . |
| 4 | The Bushman was following it , but suddenly he swerved aside and he went off in another direction and I followed him , although I could clearly see the buffalo hoofmarks leading off in the opposite way . |
| 5 | It was n't until they had climbed the stone steps leading up to the house that she learned the truth of the matter . |
| 6 | ‘ Tell me about Jules , ’ he said as they approached the stone steps leading up to the arched doorway into the château . |
| 7 | Seen from the rear , the house was exactly as she had described it , square and imposing with a flight of elegant stone steps leading down onto the grass . |
| 8 | When he peeped through the gap he could see the big half-pillars supporting the lintel , the rounded stone steps leading down to the paved walkway and the wilderness of garden beyond . |
| 9 | There was a gate in the wall that overlooked the seashore — the wall where she and Guido had stood last night — with a flight of stone steps leading down to the beach . |
| 10 | She turned towards the shallow stone steps leading out of the square . |
| 11 | The external circumstances surrounding the loss , such as the disruption caused or discordant family relationships leading up to the loss , may be the most important factors , as Rutter ( 1981 ) has argued . |
| 12 | There the caterpillar first cuts all the leaf veins leading back to the main stalk before settling in for a dinner which it hopes can not then be communicated to the neighbouring leaves . |