Example sentences of "show [pers pn] a [adj] [noun] " 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 | We are Mick(19) and Steve ( 18 ) and we 're in the Forces- So let us open your eyes and show you a new way of life . |
| 5 | Come here till I show you a real fighting man ! ’ |
| 6 | What I 'd like to do now is erm show you a short video snap from a customer . |
| 7 | If , in a Rorschach test , I show you a symmetrical ink blot , you do not see merely an ink blot , but a bat , a witch , a face , or a dragon . |
| 8 | Let's show you a typical penguin day and you can tell us when we 're wasting energy |
| 9 | ‘ But I could show you a nicer place to stroll , show you the town . |
| 10 | But trying to classify and understand them will show you a good deal about what is going on for that child . |
| 11 | You 'll be more than welcome — ugly and depressing though it is — we 'll show you a good time — we mean that , Hans — we really do . ’ |
| 12 | I said no .. , so he said er , I 'll show you a quick video he said , and he showed me this video , part in Manchester and part in Peterborough two old girls got these crash helmets on |
| 13 | And er I 'll show you a little booklet I 've got somewhere on that about the nation about his bungalow . |
| 14 | I know of one pub where an ‘ old timer ’ will grudgingly show you a fine piece of ‘ gold ore ’ that he was lucky enough to find years ago . |
| 15 | Show me a professional , possum , and I 'll show you a pompous type of person . |
| 16 | ‘ If you care to walk along there , ’ I suggested , deadpan , ‘ I 'll show you an interesting fact about that hole . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I can show you an excellent view of the town , ’ he pressed , his smile dipping for all the world as if he would take it as a personal tragedy if she refused . |
| 18 | Show her an old man with white hair and a long flowing beard and she 'll really think she is . |
| 19 | Behold , I could show him a new thing . |
| 20 | But Huxley condemned Vestiges as meaningless verbiage and was unwilling to support the basic idea of evolution unless someone could show him a natural mechanism to explain how the process could work . |
| 21 | They both show us a topsy-turvy world , a world turned inside-out by the particular lens through which it is viewed . |
| 22 | These books show us a great adventure that only a few people undertake and finish . |
| 23 | They show us an exquisite quantity of French cured meats , smoked crayfish , mayonnaise , salads , champagne , pâté , patisserie and chocolates . |
| 24 | Dearest wave bobber — you 've shown me a living rainbow . ’ |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | The captain showed them a rough map drawn crudely on tough , brown vellum and with a stubby finger and guttural comments pointed out the coastline of Fife , the manor of Kinghorn and the possible place where the French could dock to pick up a party from the beach . |
| 27 | They showed me a new way of life . |
| 28 | George opened the top lid of the tank and showed me a small plank floating on the surface . |
| 29 | She showed me a half-built kennel block . |
| 30 | 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 . |