Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] show [pers pn] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Cut the crap and show me the pics , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ She bit me last night , ’ he said , dragging up his trouser-leg and showing her the line of tiny red marks . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She took him to the far aisle and showed him the salt tablets . |
| 7 | ‘ If she asks you for money and shows you the letters , you can say that you did n't write them . ’ |
| 8 | They made me very welcome , then gave me a clean towel and showed me the showers . |
| 9 | Then you take out the little plastic box from your jacket and show him the syringe needle . |
| 10 | We 'll take you on a tour of Bodrum by night and show you the sights of the city . |
| 11 | This stimulates the male to lead her to his nest and show her the entrance by pointing his snout into it . |
| 12 | He took me back to the past and showed me the future . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | Mr Rochester lifted the curtain , opened the secret door and showed us the little room . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The energiser that interpenetrates the physical world and shows us the higher aspects of reality … ’ |
| 17 | In answer he turned the book and showed her the page . |
| 18 | Pink took her to the garden and showed her the rose arch . |
| 19 | I had to keep calling to her and whistling and showing her the chick . |
| 20 | He gave him a document and showed him the photocopying room . |
| 21 | But I had no idea how to make them so I had to ask my tutor and show him the work . |
| 22 | Reaching down under the counter he pulled out a flat bottle and showed me the label . |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | A Corporal had given me a coathanger and a broom and showed me the Foreign Legion 's way of unblocking a difficult lavatory bowl ; it involved unbending the coathanger , jamming it down the U-bend , and working it vigorously backwards and forwards . |
| 25 | ‘ I wear my chain of office and show it the kids and say ‘ This is yours . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | As we were turning to follow his directions , he drew up his cuff and showed us the blue tattooed cross that all Copts have on the inside of their wrists . |