Example sentences of "show me a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first part of the remark was tautologous ( show me a peaceful terrorist ) ; and the second was untrue : Gerry Adams had just lost his West Belfast constituency . |
| 2 | You show me a tweed-skirted twinset and pearl wearer , and I guarantee there 's a scarlet bustier pulsating beneath . |
| 3 | ‘ Would you show me a little bit of this and a little bit of that ? |
| 4 | Dearest wave bobber — you 've shown me a living rainbow . ’ |
| 5 | I in fact I 've just been shown a different copy of this , Gwen has just shown me a different copy and the colour 's is totally different , its a very , very poor erm print and , when I was looking at this through my book , the background was very strange and I felt that almost had been painted by a totally different artist , but having seen Gwin 's , er Gwen 's |
| 6 | They showed me a new way of life . |
| 7 | George opened the top lid of the tank and showed me a small plank floating on the surface . |
| 8 | She showed me a half-built kennel block . |
| 9 | The mirror showed me a youngish man , perhaps a little thin and no more than average height — whatever average is in a galaxy overflowing with exters and mutant humans . |
| 10 | I began to feel something sharp coming through the roof of my mouth and went to Mr Grover , who X-rayed me and showed me a pretty picture of that fateful root still there despite the hammer and chisel . |
| 11 | Bucknor later showed me a particular mark on the seam though he said the damage had been caused by general play , insisting : ‘ There was no problem , Nothing wrong had happened . |
| 12 | She showed me a little bottle before we got back on the truck . |
| 13 | The robot finished its work and showed me a little animal . |
| 14 | He showed me a little thing , the size of a hazelnut , in the palm of my hand , and it was as round as a ball . |
| 15 | Father Devine beckoned and showed me a huge slab of rock . |
| 16 | She showed me a large bag made of toughened brown paper with a sealing device at the mouth . |
| 17 | He showed me an underwater grotto , a light-shafted nave of pale-blue shadows , where the large wrasse floated as if in a trance . |
| 18 | She had caressed the name , purred over it , spoken it as if showing me a great treasure . |
| 19 | Then he was behind me , showing me a good place to take a photograph , using his whistle as the camera . |
| 20 | Their private museum is in a wing which is under the control of a hostile uncle , but they were still able to show me a wonderful variety of treasures including a pedestal telephone , equipped with a leopard-skin handle , and decorated with an embroidered coat of arms showing the sun , moon , and stars . |