Example sentences of "[vb pp] to show [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The headmaster had a large store of quotations designed to show what a nice , easygoing bloke Muhammad was . |
| 2 | The amount at the top that you need is just enough to tie a reef knot oh I 've forgot to show you a reef knot did n't I ? |
| 3 | He subsequently er went to work at the Berlick in latter years and , and this man was just sweeping-up at the Berlick and I could n't believe it cos he was so high up in the technology in the war and he 'd be a dental mechanic and he 'd come down to just being a sweeper-up , and he used to show me the pay packets he 'd got in the war and you know it was fantastic money even , even by today 's standards this is going back fifteen years |
| 4 | She used to show you a collection of photographs which she kept in her wallet as if they were family photographs , but in fact these pictures were all pictures of men 's cocks , she used to make them stop on the way home at the photobooth in the entrance to the station , she 'd make them stand on the stool with their trousers down , she never got caught — Greta , on seeing me leave with an especially handsome man : ‘ I hope you 're on the pill . ’ |
| 5 | She had her first meeting this morning with a textiles importer called Colin Weatherhead , who had promised to show her a range of fabrics he was positive she was going to love . |
| 6 | ‘ If you have experienced pros , you have got to show them the respect they deserve . |
| 7 | Recent research has attempted to show what the European public think about biotechnology , to identify correlations with resistance to other forms of technology , an d to attempt to quantify the support . |
| 8 | I 'm afraid it 's another story which does n't reflect much credit on me — I seem doomed to show you the worst side of my character . |
| 9 | When Ken called by later , he told me that he 'd been commanded to show me the sights the following afternoon . |
| 10 | We have aimed to show who the women were who tried to storm the highest bastion of the cultural establishment , the citadel of ‘ sacred poetry ’ . |
| 11 | Letters were lost , and time and again Charles would discover that his staff had failed to show him a document or letter , or turned down an invitation on his behalf without ever showing it to him . |