Example sentences of "showing off " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Not that terrible sense of showing off . |
| 2 | A veritable flood of new locomotive liveries , some smart , some misguided and dreadful , transformed the station scene from a mass of standard blue and grey to an unpredictable display of sector showing off . |
| 3 | He hated the vulgarity of showing off the delegates as though they were exhibits , and the insincerity of pretending that platitudes were pronouncements of world-shaking import , and the feeling that he came a long way to greet fellow-Christians and found himself turned into a ham-actor on a second-rate stage . |
| 4 | His shirt was undone to the waist , showing off a little gold shark 's tooth on a chain and a Keith Richards-style scarf . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course , ’ said Phoebe , showing off a little , ‘ miners come before coal . |
| 6 | She could hear her mother 's distant laughter and her voice saying faintly , ‘ Rachel , do stop showing off . ’ |
| 7 | Bream and roach showing off the Ferry Boards and Boatyard stretches to stick float or feeder . |
| 8 | Soft collaring makes this mini version of the divided dress ideal for holiday wear — great for showing off tanned legs . |
| 9 | Their women were their pride and treasure , for bed , for hearth and home , for showing off , for their manhood . |
| 10 | ‘ It was a team effort , starting life as a coarsely shopped terrine and developing into the layered terrine it now is , showing off the colours and textures of the ingredients , ’ he says . |
| 11 | Would Mr Lawson then have resisted the temptation to trundle round his Cabinet colleagues , showing off his muscles and boasting that he alone had faced up to the Iron Lady and won ? |
| 12 | There 's this youth , an actor would n't you know ? , marching about Chelsea with his soldiers and showing off no end . ’ |
| 13 | In the Mess that evening the young madmen were all showing off to one another — demonstrating their intrepidity and lack of nerves . ’ |
| 14 | It was awful , because although I 'd worn the dress all day , and stuck up for myself , I did feel bad about it ; they made me feel bad , sort of guilty , as if I was showing off my body . |
| 15 | She met me in London wearing a wide-brimmed hat , khaki shorts and a loose white top ; she says she loves showing off , feels her legs are her best feature and that short skirts suit her . |
| 16 | It 's fairly boring , especially when JJ announces that he 's the CHAMPION , showing off the most ginormous conker ever , polished and shining like his silly face . |
| 17 | And Anders , showing off his strength by tearing only at the thick material of Nina 's suit . |
| 18 | It is not difficult to think of other examples — the man who takes up golf to be seen with the ‘ right sort of people ’ the competitor more interested in the prize than the process of winning it ; the senior common-room member who can not converse without showing off . |
| 19 | The Headmaster decided to charge for such a privilege , and said the money would go to the school fund , but a week later was seen showing off three new gowns with different coloured linings . |
| 20 | I 'm not showing off or anything , but here 's just a sample of the questions he can complete , totally unprompted . |
| 21 | Much anxiety was expressed before the experiment lest televising would encourage showing off , bad behaviour or rowdiness . |
| 22 | It left her back and her strong arms bare ( she powdered her arms white ) and it was close-fitting everywhere , showing off her large hips and her large breasts . |
| 23 | I am sorry to say this , but there would appear to have been a number of houses in recent times , some of the highest pedigree , which have tended to take a competitive attitude towards each other and have not been above ‘ showing off ’ to guests a butler 's mastery of such trivial accomplishments . |
| 24 | Table lamps and lamp standards can be used to good effect when showing off the house in the evening or on dark winter afternoons . |
| 25 | It would make far more sense for the rules to say that breeches had to be saddle brown or horse-gob green , which would also stop men riders showing off their underwear . |
| 26 | In showing off their agility in a Force 2 , they learn what not to do to remain upright in a Force 5+ . |
| 27 | Sailors perform in man-on-man heats in front of a panel of judges showing off their jumping , riding and turning skills in the waves . |
| 28 | when he or she is showing off , throwing tantrums ( i.e. playing to the gallery , being self-indulgent ) ; |
| 29 | As the skipper sashayed the boat into her overnight berth the young hairdresser cheekily tightroped along the taut stem rope , showing off . |
| 30 | ‘ Do get on with it , captain , ’ said the fräulein impatiently , ‘ and stop showing off . ’ |