Example sentences of "[conj] show [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you ever feel uncomfortable , please tell me or show me the stop sigh . |
| 2 | But he made one tell him and immediately he had explained or shown one the fallacy of one 's doubt . |
| 3 | But I had no idea how to make them so I had to ask my tutor and show him the work . |
| 4 | Our table felt it was worth £20 of tickets for a woman to put her hand up and show him the error of his ways , but we 'd already forked out enough , honest . |
| 5 | ‘ Now then , our Emily , get your skates on and show him the lie of the land . |
| 6 | Then you take out the little plastic box from your jacket and show him the syringe needle . |
| 7 | But he was a kind man and took the trouble to sit with her and show her the hope in the Bible , the comfort and joy as well as the gloom . |
| 8 | So we 'd got to take the card and show her the Mother , we 'd been . |
| 9 | This stimulates the male to lead her to his nest and show her the entrance by pointing his snout into it . |
| 10 | Gerry offered to be my guide , and show me the sites of the county . |
| 11 | If they want to take it all away in the end and match me up with that slimy halfwit , why then take me up to the mountain and show me the world ? |
| 12 | ‘ Cut the crap and show me the pics , ’ he said . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Then get two children and show them the way to cut the rings down the middle . |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | You must take our hands and show us the way , like Mum did . |
| 17 | " God be merciful to us , " he said , " and bless us : and show us the light of His countenance . " |
| 18 | ‘ I wear my chain of office and show it the kids and say ‘ This is yours . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Do you want me to come with you and show you the way out ? ’ offered Endill . |
| 20 | We 'll take you on a tour of Bodrum by night and show you the sights of the city . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , I wish to leave , and I want you to come and show us the place where those two corpses were found . ’ |
| 22 | Courtship in the three-spined stickleback begins with a ‘ zigzag ’ display by the male ; if the female responds by showing a silvery egg-filled belly , the male leads her to his nest , and shows her the entrance . |
| 23 | ‘ If she asks you for money and shows you the letters , you can say that you did n't write them . ’ |
| 24 | When surveyors started sizing up her land , ‘ I got my shotgun out and showed them the gate , ' she said . |
| 25 | He gave him a document and showed him the photocopying room . |
| 26 | Then she brought him her account book , which she had kept faithfully from the first day of opening her house , and showed him the state of things . |
| 27 | The captain followed the direction of the American boy 's pointing finger for a moment , then lifted his left wrist and showed him the dial of his watch . |
| 28 | The King took him into his barge and cried , ‘ Now I know the greatest heretic in Kent ’ and showed him the letters from Canterbury . |
| 29 | ‘ You can come twice for that , ’ she promised , and showed him the tip of her tongue . |
| 30 | She took him to the far aisle and showed him the salt tablets . |