Example sentences of "one [noun sg] lead [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is easy to see that tree structures representing lexicons ( such as those just described ) are wasteful of memory because on average there is only one route leading from any node . |
| 2 | One lick led to another , in her experience , and that was not the idea this afternoon , there were serious things in train . |
| 3 | One factor leading to this complexity is the co-existence of two systems of measurement — the metric and Imperial systems . |
| 4 | One filling leads to another . |
| 5 | One person leading into another can make for a smoother flow and a more efficient use of time . |
| 6 | In a way , development can be thought of as a cascade , one event leading to another . |
| 7 | It galled Keith Vaughan to observe Minton 's mushrooming contacts , one commission leading to another . |
| 8 | John came around to my flat after work one day , one thing led to another and we went to bed together . |
| 9 | One thing led to another , and before you knew it , there we were … on the bridge , with the Cup , pursued by the cops . |
| 10 | One thing led to another and he says if we 're so inclined , and we do n't mind a bit of inconvenience , he 'll take us all on the barge to Liverpool — and nothing to pay ! |
| 11 | One thing led to another and Luke made a rude gesture with his finger . |
| 12 | She showed immediate enthusiasm and , well , one thing led to another and before long I had invited her and her family to come over to Tintagel to meet Dawn and see her fly . |
| 13 | I told her that what she said was a load of bollocks , and one thing led to another and my mum told me she was n't allowing me to take Natasha with me . |
| 14 | One thing led to another — actually it was more like the other way round . |
| 15 | Then one thing led to another . |
| 16 | Ha ha , it 's your au — fr … parents ' friend , Janice , Gav beamed , radiating unrepentant guilt ; came round here the other day looking for you we got talking went for a curry had a few drinks ended up back here one thing led to another know how it is always liked older women they 're more experienced know what I mean arf arf anyway spent an extremely enjoyable New Year at her place apart from the usual visit to my folk 's of course oh by the way she 's coming round here tonight I 'm cooking lasagne can you swap rooms seeing Norris wo n't be back until tomorrow it 's just I did n't expect you back until then either , that okay ? |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd been out with a client , and one thing led to another . ’ |
| 18 | ( Do you see how one thing led to another ? ) |
| 19 | And one thing led to another . |
| 20 | It is a novel which communicates the notion that talented and untalented meet in that country of the mind where everyone copies and steals from everyone else , where everything is reproductive or reminiscent of everything else , where one thing leads to another and this person passes into that . |
| 21 | ‘ One thing leads to another , ’ Grace said darkly . |
| 22 | I know that and I do understand why , but one thing leads to another , you know how it is . |
| 23 | One thing leads to another . |
| 24 | It was not yet clear that in solving practical problems as in solving those in pure science , one thing leads to another . |
| 25 | Allow the freshness of the thoughts to dominate , letting one idea lead into another . |
| 26 | Workers in such organizations constantly reinvent the company ; one idea leads to another . |