Example sentences of "[conj] lead [pers pn] [prep] [art] " 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 | Presumably it was both practical and political reasons that led him to the subject working party strategy . |
| 4 | It was precisely their erudition , their cultivation , their financial security , their disdain for the mediocre that led them to the gas chambers . |
| 5 | They had a vaporised block that led them to an idée fixe about test-tube fusion being real . |
| 6 | Networks operating on this principle perform an operation that is likely to be extremely important for the neocortex , and it was actually the search for a mechanism that would do this that led us to the suggested modification rule : the modifiable interconnections tend to make the representative elements become uncorrelated , and thus to signal independently of each other . |
| 7 | The United States , faced with an allocation problem , began a review of its defensive commitments that led it to the conclusion that in the event of a military confrontation with the Soviet Union in Europe , the resources it could commit to the fledgling NATO alliance would be insufficient . |
| 8 | A useful outcome is the third ingredient , for what would be the point of skills that led you to a useless outcome ? |
| 9 | on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day . |
| 10 | Occasionally , there 's a happy accident that leads me in a nice direction . ’ |
| 11 | The main lawn and border shapes have been laid out in a flowing line that leads you through the garden , echoing the curve of the path . |
| 12 | They can see and smell lines and shapes that lead them through the darkest night , point out lines of demarcation , isolate territories . |
| 13 | ‘ In despair , Rol asked them what he could do for his people except lead them in the killing of others in the land . |
| 14 | Then Clare took her by the elbow and led her along the path which suddenly went through a gate and stopped . |
| 15 | He took her hand and led her up the steps . |
| 16 | I took Montaine by the hand and led her through the empty rooms … there were very many . |
| 17 | He smiled again , fleetingly , and her pulse gave another blip as he took her arm and led her through the entrance . |
| 18 | He untied Dobbs and led her into a large dark shed . |
| 19 | But it took a trained observer to follow her through the quicksands of her disapprobation ; a false step on the part of one of the aunts , for instance , could have reversed her attitude , and led her into a eulogy of black , into a martyred position whence the garments of all the others were an insult to her lone and exclusive widowhood , into a position where she alone had the right to flout the weight of tradition . |
| 20 | I stood up , took Flavia 's hand and led her into a little room . |
| 21 | He saw her state at once and without another word took her arm and led her into the little sitting room . |
| 22 | Elisabeth put her hand under Rosa Jacobsen 's elbow and led her into the cottage . |
| 23 | As he took his hostess 's arm and led her into the dining-room , he did not glance again at Madeleine . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Then he picked up the two bags and led her into the terminal . |
| 26 | He put his arm around her and led her into the room , and Maggie got up to go . |
| 27 | I took her hand and led her into the centre of the dancers , as the light failed over Wimbledon . |
| 28 | He took her hand and led her into the atrium , where she turned and went into his arms . |
| 29 | Then he took Victoria 's hand and led her towards the strange woman . |
| 30 | He made no response , but just took her hand and led her towards the stable-block . |