Example sentences of "[noun sg] was show the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guerra was shown the red card for a foul on Erik Meijer in the 58th minute and Ronald de Boer converted a penalty ten minutes later . |
| 2 | The gallery was showing the work of several good craftsmen potters , some local and some not . |
| 3 | Tork was shown the transcript of a brief conversation . |
| 4 | Hateley was shown the red card for pushing away defender Rudi Cossey , who indulged in some play-acting after tumbling to the ground . |
| 5 | Léger was shown the works of Picasso and Braque in 1910 by Kahnweiler and met them later the same year . |
| 6 | Hazel 's first idea was that Cowslip was showing the symptom of some kind of disease . |
| 7 | Herd was shown the red card only three minutes after Nicky Henderson had grabbed an equaliser for Cowdenbeath . |
| 8 | Its object was to show the comparative structure and functions of organs throughout the animal kingdom . |
| 9 | There were no photocopying machines in those days so from the day the collection was shown the sketchers had to work frantically for two or three weeks afterwards from about eight to midnight drawing models for all the clients . |
| 10 | Life had not prepared him for the task , and it soon became clear that he lacked the natural shrewdness and strength of character that a Gdansk plumber was to show the Polish bosses three years later . |
| 11 | At the start , this strategy was to show the electorate that the Prime Minister was ‘ a very nice person ’ , tell them of the horrors of Labour 's tax policies and hope that in the twinkling of Mr Heseltine 's eye — aided by the applause of some celebrities and a giant ( and inexplicably awful ) stage set — the Conservatives would be back in government . |
| 12 | The right-back was shown the red card in the 63rd minute after a dreadful , two-footed tackle on young Everton striker Billy Kenny . |
| 13 | After a voir dire the judge admitted the oral admissions but excluded the written confession , because ( a ) the breaches of C 11.5 and 11.6 were relatively trivial ; ( b ) it would have been impracticable to have a contemporaneous note of the conversation and there was therefore no breach of C 11.3(b) ( ii ) ; ( c ) Findlay was shown the notes as recorded in the custody record and there was no need to record the refusal in the pocket book as well ; ( d ) there was a serious breach of section 58 and Code C 6.3 in ordering Findlay to be kept incommunicado without sufficient reason and therefore although the interview leading to the written confession was itself fairly conducted the confession would be excluded . |
| 14 | Whitechurch was shown the works by Mr G. Coker , chief draughtsman : ‘ There are two chief ways of seeing the works , either to begin at the finished coach and work backwards to the details , or to go to the beginning first and work upwards , but , at all events , you shall see as much as we can show you in a day ’ . |