Example sentences of "[pers pn] show [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that they had brought these missiles with them showed their aggressive intentions . |
| 2 | Just because you can do something well does not mean that you are not brainy but when you show your academic prowess along practical lines you are not considered by this government to be of the same worth as someone who can recall knowledge on one day . |
| 3 | Pilade was the only one to whom she showed her true self and at three years of age this was no burden to him . |
| 4 | It was just a matter of time before she showed her true feelings , I was sure of that . |
| 5 | She showed her beautiful teeth again — perhaps one of the reasons why she liked to smile so readily . |
| 6 | Further Topping Ideas : Pizzas allow you to show your creative genius — and to use up all sorts of bits and pieces lurking in the 'fridge ! |
| 7 | Tax returns of the 1520s do not provide an exact comparison , as they are concerned with the wealth rather than the number of the inhabitants , but they show its continued pre-eminence , almost ten times as wealthy as Norwich , and over fifteen times as wealthy as Bristol ( 82 , pp.13–14 ) . |
| 8 | They showed him great sympathy . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | His second came at the ticket booth , where there was no-one for him to show his first-class ticket to . |
| 11 | While we would not want him to show his full negotiating hand at this stage , he gave us very little information . |
| 12 | In the diver-picture he shows himself ready to adumbrate the idea of a spatial setting , but he is far more cautious and conventional than his Etruscan predecessor . |
| 13 | The jokes and the conversations end abruptly with ‘ But this is worshipful society ’ and at that point he shows his real toughness and ambition . |
| 14 | He shows his usual great concern about the level of service given by the Huddersfield jobcentre to his constituents . |
| 15 | We are made to wait while he shows his new toys ; a scarlet tricycle , a pull-along duck , a space-age gun playing the tunes of eight different police sirens when you pull the trigger . |
| 16 | It 's a great chance for the 27-year-old to revive his career — and Halifax could make the move permanent if he shows his fearsome form of three seasons ago . |
| 17 | I walked like some sleepwalker as he showed me empty rooms and a steep , stone-vaulted cellar . |
| 18 | He showed her old pictures , drawn with pigments on hide , and she recognized scenes from her life . |
| 19 | His pictures vary in style : in his later days he showed himself capable of the common sort of conventionally flattering portrait , but , particularly from his earlier years in London , there exists a body of work demonstrating his great talent for lively detail and natural rather than conventional compositions . |
| 20 | ‘ Boris Nikolayevich … intends to act as resolutely as he showed himself capable of acting in the fateful days of August 1991 , ’ said spokesman Vyacheslav Kostikov , referring to Mr Yeltsin 's role in thwarting a Communist coup . |
| 21 | By 1415 he showed himself willing to accept a good deal less : he would settle for the legal and territorial terms agreed at Brétigny , now more than half a century earlier , and a smaller dowry . |
| 22 | He showed himself stubborn , resilient , conscientious , brave , and not devoid of humour . |
| 23 | And he showed his cynical disregard for the system by suggesting that promotion and relegation should be on an eleven-up , eleven-down basis . |
| 24 | After they had talked a while longer , he showed his young visitors out , through the shop . |
| 25 | He was educated at Cardiff Intermediate ( later High ) School , where he showed his academic paces , winning four distinctions in the senior honours certificate of the Central Welsh Board at seventeen . |
| 26 | Then last weekend at Thruxton he showed his true potential when he finished second behind Australian Russ Ingall 's Van Diemen , and ahead of all the other Swift drivers . |
| 27 | It shows her growing emotional involvement and gradually seems to affect her every movement . |
| 28 | And the Tory reaction to it shows their crude callousness . |
| 29 | It shows his remarkable powers of orchestration and his unique gift for melody and was played with fire and fervency ; a fine foretaste of the delights of Mozart 's G major piano concerto No 17 K453 . |
| 30 | Did they think it was wrong to kill and steal , or did they think it showed what good fighters they were ? " |