Example sentences of "[vb past] show [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he 'd showed us some we would n't have even had it cut . |
| 2 | As time went on and Basil began showing me all of these things , it gradually came over me that it would be nice for the American people to see that English art was much more variegated and lively than just these big portraits . |
| 3 | The shepherd did as he was ordered , and was ready to leave , when the Emperor started showing him many wondrous weapons , armour , swords , and muskets . |
| 4 | The twins also began to see towards the end of the book that Piggy was very clever and started to show him some respect . |
| 5 | On both media Mr Mulford managed to show us some previously unseen and very imaginative shots , and indeed it is a constant source of wonder how many good photographs taken in our own area are unknown to most of us . |
| 6 | she did show me that and then she 's got it like straps on it where she can take it off but er oh she |
| 7 | She wondered how he 'd be if his father had not driven off or if his mother had shown him more affection . |
| 8 | She faltered , wondering if she could speak the devastation she had felt when Rosa and Dolores had shown her that tiny baby . |
| 9 | Damian Flint had shown her that with just one kiss . |
| 10 | He had shown her some naughty drawings , to test her prudishness . |
| 11 | I wish I had shown her more affection , although I did spend a lot of time collecting scraps of sheep 's wool off the barbed wire for her to put round her corns . |
| 12 | After he had shown you all he had in him , you would have seen nothing that was not gentlemanly , honest and clean . ’ |
| 13 | I remembered them from when Alice — the wraith-like girl in the rep — had showed me similar ones . |
| 14 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I wanted to show you these . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I wanted to show you this . ’ |
| 17 | And of course we have seen that Wittgenstein wanted to show it impossible that there should be beings who behave like us but have no sensations or different sorts of experiences from ours . |