Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The house we sat in was still in chaos , so she led me to the sunny kitchen , where we talked and drank coffee , surrounded by boxes and plants and the smell of paint . |
| 32 | She led me into the pink-and-green chintzy sitting-room where Harry , pale with blue shadows below the eyes , sat in an armchair with his bandaged leg elevated on a large upholstered footstool . |
| 33 | She led me into the kind of large room that Americans call studios . |
| 34 | She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby . |
| 35 | She led me through the throng . |
| 36 | She led her into the house . |
| 37 | She led her to the gate . |
| 38 | She led them towards the kitchen , certain that Bella would make them welcome and throw another three or four collops of bacon into the pan . |
| 39 | Millie 's new mistress paused as if uncertain what to do next ; then turning quickly about , she led them from the kitchen into the hall and to the open front door again , and looked to where her children were all standing round the pony and cart . |
| 40 | She led him down the side passage and pointed to a shelf . |
| 41 | She led him to the bedroom , and spreadeagled him on the bed before tying his wrists to the iron headrest . |
| 42 | She led him to the dismal apartment rented to her by Louis . |
| 43 | Taking his hand , she led him to the bed and lay down . |
| 44 | Somewhat to his own surprise , Harry found himself booking a single room , despite the exorbitant tariff , and following the prim receptionist as she led him to the door . |
| 45 | Back at the hotel , instead of heading for the bedroom , she led him to the bar , where they took a couple of glasses of malt and fell to chatting with some locals who 'd ‘ just dropped by to have a nightcap ’ despite the fact it was gone midnight and they all had work to go to in the morning . |
| 46 | She led him into the comfortable drawing-room at the front of the house , and disappeared . |
| 47 | She led him into the sitting room . |
| 48 | She led him into the semicircular hall with its high vaulted ceiling from which a chandelier threw its bright light over the pale lemon and white walls . |
| 49 | She led him into the kitchen where the fire burnt cheerfully in the grate . |
| 50 | Then gradually , imperceptibly , she led him into the trickier terrain of the past . |
| 51 | He might have been cut out of cardboard , she thought , as she led him across the hall and into the dining -room , where she introduced him to Susan . |
| 52 | She led him through the main tannery to where a pile of raw sheep skins lay , and still with her light eyes on him lay down . |
| 53 | For a moment animosity was swept away by mutual interest and , as she led him towards the recovery cage , she felt a pang of regret that their relationship could not be friendly . |
| 54 | She laid it on the floor of the car . |
| 55 | Tenderly she laid it on the bed . |
| 56 | But our knitwear in particular , erm she effected us by the little jumper she wore er with Charlie before she got engaged . |
| 57 | She made it to the staircase , and dashed at random back into the bulk of the house . |
| 58 | God was clearly on her side and she made it to the living-room door without a hitch . |
| 59 | Now Liz did n't win our first , second or third prize er last year , but she , she made it to the final twelve , er her , her full-length novel now , has now been accepted by Collins and that 's going to be published next February , there 's talk of a big American contract for Liz and Liz has now been floated away in to the world of big time professional writing . |
| 60 | Instead of saying so , she pecked him on the cheek . |