Example sentences of "showing [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not help thinking that something beside mere chance was at work here , showing me the way . |
| 2 | Instead of showing me the door , he roared with laughter : ‘ So what if I clothe gangsters on the screen ? |
| 3 | I do not recollect that we ever tried it , although my father did bring me home a bottle containing two or three sticks of white phosphorus , at the same time showing me the mark on his thigh where , so he said , a piece of phosphorus has fallen while he was attempting to write on a wall with it . |
| 4 | He was showing me the ships that were lost in the battle . |
| 5 | Ash reappeared with a bag ; she swept past me , briefly showing me the bottle of Grouse it contained . |
| 6 | My sincere thanks to my amanuensis Simon Rose , to my personal assistants Cressida and Catherine and to my colleague Bargepole , for showing me the consequences of taking the wrong turning in life . |
| 7 | ‘ However , there 's no need to bother showing me the view . ’ |
| 8 | My sister buried all her valuables showing me the spot so that I could tell her children where they were in case she was killed . |
| 9 | I know he 's the Devil showing me the world that can be mine . |
| 10 | A police force is selecting new recruits with the help of videos showing them the kind of incidents they might have to tackle . |
| 11 | A police force is selecting new recruits with the help of videos showing them the kind of incidents they might have to tackle . |
| 12 | Showing them the way is bakery manager , Steve Bennett . |
| 13 | " Only showing them the way to think for themselves , Ron , " was my answer . |
| 14 | His original partner had been killed in a shoot-out four years earlier but instead of taking on a new partner Mauer now worked with the rookies , showing them the ropes and generally helping them to settle into the daily routine at the Mozartstrasse precinct as quickly as possible after their graduation from the Police Academy in Vienna . |
| 15 | What we 're doing is showing them the colour of light , the hydrogen spectrum that 's given off and asking them to make some measurements on it which give a clue to the nature of what is happening in hydrogen . |
| 16 | The nurse , a sprightly , middle-aged woman , full of nervous good humour , was set for half an hour 's good jawing before she would think of showing them the girl , but John cut her short . |
| 17 | That means understanding the principles of communication and custom applying them to a campaign , not just throwing hardware at people and showing them the switches . |
| 18 | They landed at Inverkeithing and made their way up the cliffs , the summer sun warming their backs , past Aberdour onto Kinghorn Ness , Corbett showing them the place King Alexander III allegedly fell , before going down the path to the royal manor . |
| 19 | Wycliffe thanked her for showing them the studio . |
| 20 | Giving their children a few old pennies works wonders , as does showing them the pieces of jagged cans one finds on these places . |
| 21 | Naturally this enforcement pattern could be justified by the inspectorate who see their primary function not as a kind of industrial police force , but more of a pastoral mission rounding up wayward factory owners and showing them the light and contentment to be gained from compliance with current standards of safety , health , and welfare required by law . |
| 22 | If your experiment involves other people ( e.g. if you are comparing different readers ' responses ) , you need to consider ethical issues which arise , including ( a ) getting their permission to use the results ; ( b ) showing them the results and explaining them ; ( c ) not using their names when you report the experiment ( even if they have given permission for this , there is unlikely to be any point ) ; ( d ) the ethical problem that sometimes an experiment is best conducted if the test subjects do n't know what it is for ; that is , if there is a " secret agenda " . |
| 23 | Then showing them the results of what they 've actually done . |
| 24 | It 's the polite way of showing you the door . |
| 25 | Give you millions of examples , but they 're just examples , they 're not sort of showing you the shape of it . |
| 26 | I never got round to showing you the photos of him last time . ’ |
| 27 | I know those pictures there are just showing you the result of something but you know when we discuss erm er a p er a situation it 's not a theoretical situation , it 's something which happened , something that does happen . |
| 28 | I mean , I think if someone is showing you the rainforest and he does n't stop every ten yards to show you something , then that 's not a good guide . |
| 29 | showing you the reality ten per cent the rest comes from all over the country . |
| 30 | ‘ Ah — so Rune is showing you the sights of Copenhagen , is he ? ’ |