Example sentences of "[pers pn] showed [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 So I showed him that letter you had .
2 ‘ I could not get a pardon for Simon , you know that , Brother , but I showed him one last mercy . ’
3 I showed him some of my writing , and he was very interested . ’
4 I s so I showed him this tin full , I says well look they do break do n't they ?
5 Once , in Colin 's absence , I showed him three pictures which he was considering : a portrait by Veronese ; another by Tintoretto and the centre panel of an altarpiece by Girolamo di Benvenuto .
6 I showed her that .
7 She were laughing when I showed her that letter I got , cos she got one the same morning , , she said , and it said , and you can go round and talk to him .
8 If I showed her this you know what you 've done there
9 You 've got ta stick to the same order that I showed you this morning , yeah ?
10 Oh well , I do n't know then , but I know she used to live in Spotter 's Wood cos erm they showed that , you see , she showed her this thing , a dog license and that and it said like , the dog and it had the dog 's history on it .
11 She showed me last night when I was fucking her salami !
12 Inside the farmhouse , she showed me some of her furniture and when I saw all the cards around the place and she began to talk about how proud she was about the large number of people who wrote to her , it dawned on me that she must be a bit of a celebrity .
13 She explained , and she showed us all those tiles and bowls , and the brush and comb he used to do his beard with . "
14 Yes , and then she showed us some
15 You showed me all your rich man 's toys — the cars , the plane , the palace — and none of them impressed me . ’
16 ‘ I knew for certain when you showed me that photograph , and I realised it was Gaston , not Fabien whose picture she had kept all those years .
17 We showed him two films , and gave him evidence of change in the motives of men affecting trouble spots and putting things to rights , socially and politically in many parts of the world .
18 Er we showed him one or two examples of similar sorts of presentations that we 'd had from other railway and outside organizations , er explained what we 'd done in the past , said that we were looking to get something more up-market and more erm professional , which was why we were looking to er er seek er quotes from er g graphics designers , linked in with printers .
19 As we had referred to Turkey and the fact that Margaret and I had met there , and as we knew he took great interest in genuine peasant culture , we showed him some Turkish embroidery and in particular two typical Turkish saddle-bags , which we had transformed into cushions .
20 Now if you do recall your first year notes , this is the relationship underlines a cobweb model , right that prices were based on erm or supply decisions were based on prices at planting right and we showed you that cobweb model erm farmers make systematic errors right cos they never appreciate the cycle there is a cycle to prices , right so they 're making systematic errors right cos prices are high this year as a result erm erm of plant a lot so that when the supply comes on the market next year right , prices are very low and you would thought farmers would er , would learn but prices fluctuated right .
21 They showed him great sympathy .
22 Yes and er if I might s oh I er do n't know I 've been to bloody shop meself but I ai n't sorry about it , cos I 've done what I 've wanted to do and I 've enjoyed what I 've done and erm the authorities they get 'd me that on er hardship grounds there , as I say , being on er residential premise and er they showed me great respect and er
23 They showed me some of their stories , but there were hundreds that they kept secret .
24 I did n't really believe the , so they showed me these pictures of themselves with Mr Brando , on his Tahitian island , their arms round him .
25 I read them , furtively , like boys do pornography , and they showed me another world .
26 They showed us some shacks ( almost like dog kennels ) that they used to live in at the time of the Japanese occupation .
27 Yeah they showed you that , yeah .
28 Yeah I know but he did say that even though agents I 'm not giving you this and then he showed me all the things you know to sort of prove that he was doing it .
29 He showed me one day what he called his killing-bottle .
30 Emil explained to me that on this trip the linen , cutlery and glasses had been provided by the caterers , and without more ado he showed me first , where to find everything and second , how to set a table .
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