Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] shown [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be most upsetting if Captain Auden were to hear I had shown you the implant I designed for him . ’ |
| 2 | Then she 'd shown him the book : a very rare volume indeed . |
| 3 | The day she 'd shown him the photograph … |
| 4 | She had shown him the book where it was illustrated . |
| 5 | It could have been the second , but he had swallowed his pride when they had shown him the room that was allocated him . |
| 6 | He had n't given them the satisfaction of firing him there and then ; he 'd shown them the contempt he felt for them … let them suffer ! |
| 7 | But he had shown her the way out of her panic and con fusion : taken her into his world where things were bright , ordered , clear-cut , and easy to control . |