Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] show [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we 'd got to take the card and show her the Mother , we 'd been . |
| 2 | I told him all about Marie and showed him the pictures we took in that photo booth . |
| 3 | There was nothing short of taking the chap by the scruff of his neck and showing him the street that would have done the trick . |
| 4 | ‘ Cut the crap and show me the pics , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ She bit me last night , ’ he said , dragging up his trouser-leg and showing her the line of tiny red marks . |
| 6 | Only when the head of accounting ( ’ an ‘ acceptable ’ woman 's role ’ ) took her to one side and showed her the company 's payroll did she realise that while she was bringing in the most revenue , she was being paid the smallest salary . |
| 7 | She took him to the far aisle and showed him the salt tablets . |
| 8 | ‘ If she asks you for money and shows you the letters , you can say that you did n't write them . ’ |
| 9 | Frustrated but secretly delighted that I had maybe caught him out with shoddy workmanship until an old fellow from Bernera stopped to give me a lift on the way past Carlaway and showed me the right ones , just before the main stones of Callanish . |
| 10 | They made me very welcome , then gave me a clean towel and showed me the showers . |
| 11 | Shortly after the event , Stanley Peters said ‘ The response has been outstanding and we , as a company , welcomed the opportunity to meet families and show them the factory ’ . |
| 12 | Then you take out the little plastic box from your jacket and show him the syringe needle . |
| 13 | Naturally this enforcement pattern could be justified by the inspectorate who see their primary function not as a kind of industrial police force , but more of a pastoral mission rounding up wayward factory owners and showing them the light and contentment to be gained from compliance with current standards of safety , health , and welfare required by law . |
| 14 | It is this sense of identification that gives hope to the newcomers that others will understand their fears and actions and show them the route to recovery . |
| 15 | We 'll take you on a tour of Bodrum by night and show you the sights of the city . |
| 16 | That means understanding the principles of communication and custom applying them to a campaign , not just throwing hardware at people and showing them the switches . |
| 17 | This stimulates the male to lead her to his nest and show her the entrance by pointing his snout into it . |
| 18 | He took me back to the past and showed me the future . |
| 19 | ‘ Rats , ’ I told him , but he opened the cover on the drain outside my back door and showed me the trap to stop rats climbing up . |
| 20 | Mr Rochester lifted the curtain , opened the secret door and showed us the little room . |
| 21 | She recalled the housekeeper 's kindness to her the previous evening , when she had led her from her mistress 's chamber and shown her the room that Miss Merchiston had assigned for her use . |
| 22 | You must take our hands and show us the way , like Mum did . |
| 23 | The energiser that interpenetrates the physical world and shows us the higher aspects of reality … ’ |
| 24 | In answer he turned the book and showed her the page . |
| 25 | Pink took her to the garden and showed her the rose arch . |
| 26 | Then get two children and show them the way to cut the rings down the middle . |
| 27 | I had to keep calling to her and whistling and showing her the chick . |
| 28 | He gave him a document and showed him the photocopying room . |
| 29 | But I had no idea how to make them so I had to ask my tutor and show him the work . |
| 30 | Reaching down under the counter he pulled out a flat bottle and showed me the label . |