Example sentences of "showed us the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stamped round the sofa and did that tricky bit of acrobatics that Sid and Ethel showed us the other night . |
| 2 | He showed us the shewanakoo , a teaching tree for shamans that menstruating women must not pass . |
| 3 | He showed us the parachutes we were to use . |
| 4 | He showed us the research he had begun in Pembrokeshire , and we were so amazed at what he had discovered that we encouraged him to continue all over Wales . |
| 5 | He showed us the section , which comprised a core based on woodflour and phenol resin , while the surface was a more advanced phenolic resin applied to the face of the core in the form of ‘ Condensite varnish ’ stamped within the record press . |
| 6 | Mum was always thrifty , and able to stretch pennies to shillings ; once she proudly opened an old tea-caddy ( then utilised as a savings-bank ) and showed us the amount then accumulated : an unbelievable total of ten pounds . |
| 7 | ‘ We had found nothing until Oscar showed us the way . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ When Data General showed us the changeover to the AV4100 , it took an hour , ’ says Geoffrey Holmes , a former publisher of ACCOUNTANCY who has been helping to re-implement the system . |
| 9 | After the war captor and captive became friends , and Otto showed us the Zeiss binoculars which Macintyre had taken off him as a trophy of war , but had recently handed back . |
| 10 | ‘ The caretaker who showed us the place — and he does n't know my name either . ’ |
| 11 | Benetton just showed us the pictures not the background to the pictures . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They had been away from home for eight weeks , and one evening the captain showed us the presents he had bought for his wife . |
| 14 | The sultan showed us the royal regalia which were secreted in the palace . |
| 15 | Mr Rochester lifted the curtain , opened the secret door and showed us the little room . |
| 16 | And er he he wen he took along on this jaunt right out to , into the , he showed us the erm major oak , I can remember it very well . |
| 17 | He showed us the whole lagoon ( it is very big ) , slowing down to let us see the most interesting parts , then hurtled off amid boiling clouds of spray to give us a thrill . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , Flupper showed us the deadly thorn bushes that wrap round their prey like octopuses : and then whooshed us off at savage speeds — sometimes so fast he aquaplaned over the water . |
| 19 | As the dreamsun showed us the insubstantial outlines of the City down in the valley , we faded to white . |
| 20 | The fog had lifted , and she showed us the sticks which she and her husband had put in to mark the way . |
| 21 | When we arrived , Helen Stoner showed us the three bedrooms . |
| 22 | A beggar lad showed us the house in a dank , narrow alleyway where Mistress Hopkins lived . |
| 23 | He then showed us the brass plate of ‘ No. 1 ’ , still attached to the piece of cab as Selwyn Higgins cut it off . |
| 24 | Reflecting on the new and indeed unlikely scenario Collie Curran said : ‘ PJ McGowan came in three years ago and showed us the way ahead . |
| 25 | He broke the gun in half and showed us the cylinder filled with six red plastic capsules . |
| 26 | Are these projectural figures which he showed us the cash flow chart over there looking like half a pyramid ? |
| 27 | In an unmarked police car equipped with a speed detection computer , Peter Joslin , Warwickshire 's Chief Constable and head of Britain 's police traffic committee , showed us the type of driving which he blames for many fatal road crashes . |
| 28 | showed us the lovely crystal glass which she had received the previous Wednesday at Wembley Conference Centre . |
| 29 | we went in , you know , and that was the place an'all even the carpet that 's twelve hundred pound , cos they showed us the bill , you know er it 's been a it 's dirty and that but you know that wants , wants a good washing you know |
| 30 | She showed us the map on the last day before it due in eight o'clock |