Sentences with lead
lead
L l - John Major and the Duke of Edinburgh led the mourners. [VERB noun]
- He took Dickon by the hand to lead him into the house. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
- Shot could best be made by dropping the lead from a great height.
- Pop star Michael Jackson performs as lead singer of the Jackson Five in a file photo.
- ...the doors that led to the yard. [VERB preposition/adverb]
- He's leading in the presidential race. [VERB]
- England, leading by just two runs after the first innings.
- In AM, use leash
- England took the lead after 31 minutes with a goal by Peter Nail.
- ...a commanding lead for the opposition is clearly emerging throughout the country. [+ for]
- When it comes to pop music we not only lead Europe, we lead the world. [VERB noun]
- He led the country between 1949 and 1984. [VERB noun]
- ...the need for the president to give a moral lead.
- She led a normal, happy life with her sister and brother. [VERB noun]
- Ethnic tensions among the republics could lead to civil war. [VERB + to]
- His abhorrence of racism led him to write The Algiers Motel Incident. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
- Mother had led me to believe the new baby was a kind of present for me. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
- After a while I led the conversation around to her job. [VERB noun adverb/preposition]
- Well, I think that leads me to the real point. [VERB noun + to]
- The inquiry team is also following up possible leads after receiving 400 calls from the public.
- Nina Ananiashvili and Alexei Fadeyechev from the Bolshoi Ballet dance the leads.
- An older man came out with a little dog on a lead.
- The Turkish situation makes the lead in tomorrow's Guardian. [+ in]
- ...drinking water supplied by old-fashioned lead pipes.
- Eventually Bogart pumps him full of lead.
- lead the party into the garden
- He led the horse by its reins
- He led me to believe that he would go
- To lead an army
- To lead a discussion
- He leads his class in geography
- The newspaper led with the royal birth
- I lead a miserable life
- To lead a person a dog's life
- This will only lead to misery
- She led a diamond
- Southpaws lead with their right
- lead singer
- The class followed the teacher's lead
- The runner had a lead of twenty yards
- The scandal was the lead in the papers
- Lights to lead you there
- To lead a horse by the bridle
- To lead pupils to think clearly
- Trouble that led him to drink
- To lead one's class in grades
- To lead a hard life
- To lead someone a dog's life
- One thing led to another, a cold can lead to pneumonia
- To lead with a right jab
- To take the lead in a project
- The horse in the lead
- To hold a safe lead
- The lead horse, the lead runner in a race
- When the phase of the voltage is ahead in time of the phase of the current, then the voltage is said to lead the current.If the current is a cosine and the voltage is a sine then the current leads the voltage by ninety degrees.If a voltage signal leads the corresponding current signal, then it is in advance of it.
- This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.
- I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top. — Bacon
- They pumped him full of lead.
- At the time I speak of, and having a momentary lead, [ …] I am sure I did my country important service. — Edmund Burke
- Blackburn then regained the lead with a simplest of set-piece goals
- The runner took his lead from first.
- The investigation stalled when all leads turned out to be dead ends.
- Joe is a great addition to our sales team, he has numerous leads in the paper industry.
- A father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way. Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or possess places. The evidence leads me to believe he is guilty.
- To lead a page; leaded matter
- The big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages He led the ace of spades. The batter always leads off base.
- The path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices
- The shock led to a change in his behaviour.
- The contestants are all tied; no one has the lead position.
- Follow my lead
- You lead and we'll follow.
- That path leads directly to the house.
- The band will lead and the troops will follow.
- The incident led to his resignation. One remark often leads to another.
- The contender led with a right to the body.
- A properly trained horse will lead easily.
- A lead pipe; a lead compound.