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Example sentences of "show [pers pn] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Show me one small businessman who happens to be a director of a limited company , who actually requires 15 pages of nonsense that he does not understand , when his annual accounts are prepared .
2	Why do n't you show me this bloody photo ? ’ he asked with a snap of irritation .
3	Why do n't you show me this wondrous park of yours ? ’
4	‘ No ; but the woman said she would show me some pretty dresses , new ones , not — ’ She looked downwards now before she said , ‘ Smelly stuff off the cart . ’
5	and also show you this new erm tt this new
6	Linda Fraser and Sarah Barrass show you some fabulous recipes that will delight anyone with a taste for chocolate , be it milk , plain or white .
7	Did she show you that huge room off the kitchen ?
8	I must show you this blind .
9	We will show you some startling figures and elucidate some of the hidden motivations behind the scenes .
10	But he 's that Doctor , he says , er just show him that wee tracer , and he 'll know , but
11	‘ Such investments outside the over-heated markets in the South East show us good initial yield and will provide increased growth as the recession lifts , ’ Mr Ridley said .
12	I sympathize because in my little way I grieve too , but over the people in my life I have allowed to die without ever having shown them any particular affection .
13	Your eyes and your mouth show me that feelings are important to you , but your forehead shows me that common sense is your main guide in life .
14	He come in laughing one day , look at this Paul , look at this and he shows me this big long letter that this teacher had wrote on .
15	My visit in February ( a report is forthcoming ) showed me that Northern Spain is at an excellent stage of development to be used as a test bed for software .
16	I was full stretch on top of his grace when the eyelids rolled up and showed me two white lights .
17	I only once went into his garden , a beautifully kept one , even in war-time , when he kindly picked a bunch of tulips for me and showed me some new potatoes he was growing in pots in the greenhouse .
18	‘ We met and he showed me some excellent photos he had taken at the crash site .
19	Erm he 's had three crates the other day back cash rejects shows you that poor slates are going out .
20	And showed you this lovely land .
21	She faltered , wondering if she could speak the devastation she had felt when Rosa and Dolores had shown her that tiny baby .
22	He had shown her some naughty drawings , to test her prudishness .
23	Eddy Shah , the former national newspaper owner , has submitted a sworn affidavit that Knighton showed him confidential financial details of the club when he offered to sell the Edwards 's shares on for a £6m profit .
24	Neither Brian nor I had told our mother about these beatings but now , incensed , I pulled up my shorts and showed him some half-healed scars .
25	As we had referred to Turkey and the fact that Margaret and I had met there , and as we knew he took great interest in genuine peasant culture , we showed him some Turkish embroidery and in particular two typical Turkish saddle-bags , which we had transformed into cushions .
26	She 'd been to South Africa and showed us some lovely diamonds .
27	The introduction to the book states : ‘ The artist shows us two ongoing tragedies in the life of our Indo-African-America : the internal divisions and the existence of those who collaborate with the invaders .
28	The introduction to the book states : ‘ The artist shows us two ongoing tragedies in the life of our Indo-African-America : the internal divisions and the existence of those who collaborate with the invaders .
29	It shows us some simple ways in which we can all join the drive for a better environment .
30	Experience in the 1970s in particular has shown us that high rates of inflation can coexist with high rates of unemployment and no explanation of this is provided by the Keynesian theory .