Example sentences of "that lead [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they set off she realized they were n't driving back towards the restaurants of the town centre and Willi 's beloved Franz Joseph hotel , but up to the mountain road that led over the pass and into the next valley . |
| 2 | He was on a road that led through a swamp , and then coming towards him was the rough figure of a shepherd , the jostling oval shapes of the animals . |
| 3 | It was also probably a link that led through several species of hominids , some of which died out , to man . |
| 4 | They took a winding dirt alley that led through the back of the village between houses and outhouses . |
| 5 | If anything disturbed that natural covering , the vegetation would follow a pattern of development that led through a series of recognizable stages to the mature climax once again : |
| 6 | Robyn twisted her head with difficulty and saw the white shirt , with legs attached presumably , going back down the path that led through the grand herbaceous borders towards the house . |
| 7 | Through the field was a footpath that led via another similar gate to the next field dominated by a line of magnificent elms which were uprooted during the great storm of 1930 . |
| 8 | Bores Hole was used as an air raid shelter , or rather the tunnel that led under the road was , and many tales could be told of nights spent under there during the air raids . |
| 9 | He passed along several narrow alleyways , the tight , over-crowded vicoli that led towards Via Crispi where his pensione was situated . |
| 10 | Creed told him to take a right turn , down a narrow track that led towards the ocean . |
| 11 | Cutting round to the right and following the track northeastwards , I came down a path that led towards the Occupation Road via the Megger Stones . |
| 12 | As he followed the path that led towards it between bare-branched shrubs and sturdy evergreens , he fancied for a moment that he would come upon Morpurgo and find him a replica of himself , some doppelgänger of Dysart 's devising planted here in England whilst he had been banished to Rhodes . |
| 13 | We were now on the glossy blacktop that led towards the army laundry , Rosa 's old creche . |
| 14 | A short time later they were making their way along the road that led beyond the property , and had not travelled far before Silas turned the minibus along a side-road that led towards the boundary . |
| 15 | Doreen and Silas were still where she had left them , making two shadowy figures in the moonlight , and , even as she watched , they moved in the direction of the road that led towards the highway . |
| 16 | A short time later they were making their way along the road that led beyond the property , and had not travelled far before Silas turned the minibus along a side-road that led towards the boundary . |
| 17 | Indeed , he told himself as he walked briskly across the courtyard toward the covered way that led past Pathology and Pharmacy to the rear of the hospital and his own unit , it was not quite as bad as it might have been , taking it all around . |
| 18 | They drove in from the west , on the 243 through Gunzerode , and along the cracked road that led past the IFA Motorenwerk where they once made bicycles and now were being upgraded to motor bikes . |
| 19 | They hung on until the battering ceased , then ran , slithering in the sluicing torrent of water until they reached the hatch that led below decks . |
| 20 | He stood up , flexed his powerful shoulders and having pulled on a jerkin and breeches , went through to the kitchen , ate a hunk of fresh-baked bread and walked off down the steep narrow hill that led between stone cottages to Mother Russell 's alehouse , where the Pascoe girls earned their living . |
| 21 | Afraid Julius might be coming after her , she ran down the steps and into the garden , following the paths that led between wide beds of herbaceous flowers , many of them still blooming happily in the warmth of the long , sunny autumn . |
| 22 | He beat a red light and turned right again , on to the parkway that led along the river to the bridge . |
| 23 | Gesturing that she was to follow him , he began to march along the path that led down the hill , and was quickly out of sight . |
| 24 | He went down the corridor that led off the central area . |
| 25 | The office that led off it was larger , with two desks positioned so that they faced each other . |
| 26 | Muted sounds , and , once , a cry of pain , came from behind the closed doors that led off it on either side . |
| 27 | ‘ Willingly , ’ Rose agreed , and led the way to a small antechamber that led off the main saloon . |
| 28 | He let the car forwards , down the hill , and on to the white road that led across the lake bed . |
| 29 | We walked naked along the path that led across the ice-covered sea . |
| 30 | At Paternoster Square , Lipton was involved in the competition that led to the appointment of Arup Associates , whose scheme was promptly criticised by Prince Charles . |