Example sentences of "[noun sg] show [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 As the dreamsun showed us the insubstantial outlines of the City down in the valley , we faded to white .
2 Health Home Cooking shows you the new way to serve food that 's light , tempting and satisfyingly nourishing .
3 Rain showed him the offending paragraphs .
4 Supremely , however , this generous desire to show us the best in an author is manifested in his long chapter about Spenser , and there he marks himself out not as a kindly eccentric , but as a pioneer of modern taste .
5 From an early age , his mother and father showed him the illustrated books on the subject which they had brought back from London , and described at length the wonders of the ballets they had seen danced there by the Diaghilev company , ‘ when they were young and in love ’ , as John put it later .
6 The sultan showed us the royal regalia which were secreted in the palace .
7 At Corbett 's bidding an old man showed them the blood-spattered piece of ground where their priest had been found .
8 Beneath the shirt , the mirror showed her the small fine flowers of her delicate bra could be seen .
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