Example sentences of "[noun] to show [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Thank you , Nurse , ’ said Mrs. Fanshawe to show what a fine grasp of things she had .
2 Ask your parish priest to show you the scale of charges and to explain the fees to you .
3 Bruno de Bayser attracted a lot of attention , albeit no buyer , for a magnificent FFr 1.2 million ( £123,700 ; $215,250 ) red chalk drawing of a young woman by Fragonard a deliberately eye catching piece to show what the gallery is capable of but did sell ten works including three female portraits by Dunker , Jeaurat and Quesnel for under FFr 100,000 ( £10,300 ; $18,000 ) .
4 Montag 's speech is a desperate attempt to show her the reality of her life .
5 He drew out a sturdy transparent plastic inner bag and held it up to the light to show me the contents .
6 Most people need to talk about their grief , to express it with others and have some kind of ceremony to show what an important life change it brings about .
7 With Clearblue One Step , in just three minutes a blue line appears in the small window to show you the test 's complete .
8 now my Lord , your Lordship would of seen from the case and now from the continental television case , both in the divisional court and in the court of appeal , that where a reference is to be made the court that is marking the reference , if , what is sort to be done is either to challenge a British statute or in the case of er , er the red hot Dutch case , of course with the statute , er something which er it involves a ministerial decision , but in either of those instances the court has got to decide in the interim whether or not the statute or measure should remain in force and there is the priority of public policy as indicated in er Lord er speech referred to both in the divisional court and in the court of appeal in continental television in er maintaining the law in force and a , a bonus has to be faced by the person seeking discipline from the law to show us a sufficiently strong case to justify the er , er , the suspension of the law in the interim .
9 Now my Lord , your Lordship would of seen from , in fact the same case , and now from the continental television case , both in the divisional court and in the court of appeal , that where a reference is to be made the court that is making the reference , it what is sort to be done is either to challenge a British statute or in the case of er , er the red hot Dutch case , in fact the terms were caused in the statute er something which in involves a ministerial decision , but in either of those instances the court has got to decide in the interim whether or not the statute or measure should remain in force and there is the priority of public policy as indicated in er Lord er speech referred to both in the divisional court and in the court of appeal in continental television in maintaining the law in force and a , a bonus has to be faced by the person seeking discipline the law to show us the simply strong case to justify the er , er the suspension of the law in the interim .
10 Kathleen Claar , custodian of the Last Indian Raid Museum in Oberlin , Kansas , took him to a small cemetery to show him the grave of her husband and of Rick Read , the last man lynched in the state .
11 Bowes must have taken Nedham into God 's Gift to show him the place where the accident happened .
12 Supremely , however , this generous desire to show us the best in an author is manifested in his long chapter about Spenser , and there he marks himself out not as a kindly eccentric , but as a pioneer of modern taste .
13 Made no move to show him the glass .
14 He led us across the antechamber to show us a tar-drenched jacket lined with sulphur which hung from a hook on the wall .
15 He opened the lid to show me a batch of dirty , dog-eared cards inside .
16 He and her mother were more than welcome , she would delight in the chance to show them the treasure that was hers , but leave it she would not .
17 She rushed up the stairs to the top of the house where she knew her brother 's room was before Nick had a chance to show her the way .
18 In tennis he will ask his students to call out their estimate of the height of the ball above the net as it crosses from side to side , or he will ask them to shout ‘ Bounce ’ each time the ball bounces and ‘ Hit ’ each time it is hit , giving Self 2 a chance to show what a fluent player he really is .
19 To mark the release of Mel 's new movie , Lethal Weapon 3 , we 've joined forces with Columbia Tristar Home Video and Warner Home Video to show what a versatile actor he is .
20 A few seconds later , all is done — the screen changes to show you the status of the transfer , and drops back into split screen mode as soon as it is finished .
21 Palace invites in the BBC to show what a hard life the royals have .
22 Some people ask a friend to show them the ropes , or , worse still , they teach themselves .
23 There is no evidence to show what the position was at the end of the last war but in all probability there has been an improvement over the years .
24 Throughout most of her reign , and particularly in its early years , she made strenuous efforts to show herself an adherent of advanced theories of government and of the ideas of the French Enlightenment in general .
25 Not really well we the Blackstone engineer fitting up engines , he stayed with us for a while to show us the ropes like you know .
26 In truth we do not need the stories of Achan and Ai to show us the mind of the God of this part of the Genesis — Kings narrative .
27 ‘ I 'll get one of the staff to show you the way . ’
28 Helen half-turned and tipped her toes to show him the grazes on her calves .
29 We 've used both Danish Blue and Lurpak in our recipes to show you a few ways of bringing a flavour of the Continent to your cooking .
30 Ask the Personnel Manager to show you a copy .
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