Example sentences of "[pron] show [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Come here till I show you a real fighting man ! ’ |
| 2 | If , in a Rorschach test , I show you a symmetrical ink blot , you do not see merely an ink blot , but a bat , a witch , a face , or a dragon . |
| 3 | There was an elderly man about 80 sitting on a seat , so I showed him an old photograph , and he remembered the lady we were with . |
| 4 | In its final moments a sophisticated urbane man in a nightclub is led discreetly through a back door into a room which is a mortuary run by nuns , one of whom shows him a dead body drawn out of a wall on a slab . |
| 5 | You show me a tweed-skirted twinset and pearl wearer , and I guarantee there 's a scarlet bustier pulsating beneath . |
| 6 | ‘ Would you show me a little bit of this and a little bit of that ? |
| 7 | She showed me a half-built kennel block . |
| 8 | She showed me a large bag made of toughened brown paper with a sealing device at the mouth . |
| 9 | She showed me a little bottle before we got back on the truck . |
| 10 | So those but Fantasia passes are very similar , I just turned mine turned mine round she saw it and went she showed me a blank yellow so I did n't thought it perhaps a different pass but it was n't just turned it round on her . |
| 11 | In this box she showed him a long thick green book , a little like an accounts book , with sombre marbled endpapers : |
| 12 | And as Clarissa usually ties back her hair , we showed her a sophisticated style that takes only seconds , but looks professional . |
| 13 | They show us an exquisite quantity of French cured meats , smoked crayfish , mayonnaise , salads , champagne , pâté , patisserie and chocolates . |
| 14 | They showed me a new way of life . |
| 15 | Finally , he declared low ; I declared both ways ; and he showed me a concealed three . |
| 16 | He showed me a little thing , the size of a hazelnut , in the palm of my hand , and it was as round as a ball . |
| 17 | He showed me an underwater grotto , a light-shafted nave of pale-blue shadows , where the large wrasse floated as if in a trance . |
| 18 | He showed her a yellow bear with a bow tie round its neck , riding a bicycle . |
| 19 | When they arrived back at the butterwood where he had been sleeping he showed her a white fungus around its base . |
| 20 | Having made his choice , he showed her a short , stout leather strap , before applying it to her naked seat . |
| 21 | He showed us a small , half-burnt piece of paper . |
| 22 | Based on average portions , it shows you a whole range of foods , from those which are enormously helpful to those which are virtually useless in boosting the fibre content of your diet . |