Whenever she thought she'd found a lead on characters of historical import, she followed the chain.

Instead, he spent three hours placing calls, until he found a promising lead.

"But you must have found a lead of some kind down along the border or you wouldn't have-" I shook my head.

I think you might have found a solid lead for us.

"I just wanted to call to let you know that we've found a great lead on the location project that you requested."

"I've found a good lead," came Anjou's voice, as silky as ever.

The police had no leads, she said, until she took to the street herself and found a lead that helped put the killer away.

One of the ground-crew found a vital lead that had been severed by a second bolt.

And I have found a lead that will infallibly betray him into my hands.

An hour ago, they had found a small lead in the frozen cap, too narrow to surface through, really no more than a crack.