Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] to show " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot put her arm round her mother 's neck and hugged to show she was still awake and listening . |
| 2 | We jumped out and met him at the rear of the vehicle and tried to show him a letter of introduction from the Algerian Ambassador to Britain , Lakhdar Brahimi . |
| 3 | De Craon stared bleakly at the English clerk and shrugged to show his unease . |
| 4 | The butcher , who was gentle and warmhearted in spite of the cruel bloodstains on his boater , loaded her basket free with bones for the dog and offered to show her the mysteries of his store room where , shaggy with frost , the sides of meat hung in refrigerated darkness . |
| 5 | Its surface is carved in some detail and lettered to show the continents and oceans . |
| 6 | Larry blinked as the light left his face and laughed to show his complicity . |
| 7 | This is the Roman road from Malton to Whitby and has been cleared of vegetation and exposed to show its structure . |