Example sentences of "[noun sg] to show [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Towards the end of his life Gouzenko went blind but the news was kept so secret that in 173 MI5 sent an agent to show him some photographs in the hope that he could recognise Hollis . |
| 2 | Our Viewdata system features a ‘ Search ’ facility to enable the agent to show you last minute availability and prices . |
| 3 | Valdemar was extremely helpful and took the next day off work to show us some of the local birds . |
| 4 | ‘ My dear , since we first came to this terrible place you are the only person to show me true consideration . ’ |
| 5 | She had taken him out into the garden to show him various easy spring tasks that must be done , and for which she would pay him , and he had refused . |
| 6 | Instead she 'd accepted his suggestion to show her more of the island of Zealand , and had been enchanted by everything , painfully aware that the spell which had entrapped her emanated from the powerful persona of the man beside her as much as the natural beauty of the surrounding countryside . |
| 7 | People have brought their cars to my advice surgery to show me burnt paintwork caused by soot deposits . |