Example sentences of "show [pers pn] the [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My God , my mother used to say : ‘ Show me the company you keep and I 'll tell you what you are . ’ |
| 2 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 3 | Just show me the bastard who killed Charlie Hatton and I 'll . |
| 4 | ‘ I mean , if you can show me the way I will take you by car , ’ I said . |
| 5 | You 're nostalgic for childhood whilst it happens to you because the dreams show you the landscape you 're passing through , but you do n't know yet that you want to escape . |
| 6 | They then show you the coverage they got . |
| 7 | I can show you the memorandum she gave me . ’ |
| 8 | Dad look , I just wan na show you the tape I bought . |
| 9 | But , come , let me show you the warehouse you asked about . ’ |
| 10 | Saturday you wo n't admit you 've made a mistake or that you 're in the wrong , while Sunday you will be hurt and offended by someone who does n't show you the respect you feel you deserve . |
| 11 | I show him , I show him the way I do it , and go through it with him . |
| 12 | 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 ! |
| 13 | Daisy Yates showed me the postcard she had had from him that morning . |
| 14 | When I arrived they showed me the letter they had received from the Chief Education Officer that morning which explained the proposed Statementing procedure : |
| 15 | Erm so it 's in terms of erm er , careful logical field work erm there 's not a great deal of information , but there 's , th , there have been early anatomical historical er investigations and there is something a literature erm dating from early in the nineteenth century which and it shows you the bloke who also resolves to , to , to make comparisons with what she found . |
| 16 | Herr Hess showed you the letter he 's written Himmler , did n't he ? |
| 17 | I know that though I 've shown you the photograph you still want me to describe him to you , this Boy of ours . |
| 18 | It would be most upsetting if Captain Auden were to hear I had shown you the implant I designed for him . ’ |
| 19 | I do n't pay them too much attention cos I 'm busy , but I think Marie shows him the letter she got this morning . |
| 20 | Mary showed him the work she had done in the garden , and they talked as they cut and cleared . |
| 21 | The truth of the matter is that Picasso was almost certainly aware of tribal art when Matisse showed him the piece which he admired , but that he was still not taking it very seriously and only ‘ discovered ’ it for himself during his now legendary visit to the Trocadero . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Sometimes I think players need arrows to show them the direction their efforts should take . |
| 24 | They said he was unwilling to show them the evidence he had been given so they could adequately prepare their case for the parents . |
| 25 | ‘ If you have experienced pros , you have got to show them the respect they deserve . |
| 26 | He was eager to show them the instrument he was constructing . |
| 27 | To show me the love I can not see . |
| 28 | Virtually all the inmates I saw and spoke to were friendly , smiling and quite pleased to show me the work they were doing . |
| 29 | Now I have gone beyond thirty one because I just wanted to show you the way it goes and it 's easy . |
| 30 | I brought you up here because I wanted to show you the house I 've bought in Oxfordshire . |