Example sentences of "show [pers pn] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ENTIRE EPISODES in 1988 centred around a clandestine teen love affair ; the ostensible excuse for the lovers to meet was always ‘ I must show him/her my new copy of NME . ’ |
| 2 | Show you her little deceits ? |
| 3 | He added a postscript in his own hand : ‘ I pray you that ye fail me not at this time in my great need , as ye will that I show you my good lordship in that matter that ye labour to me for . ’ |
| 4 | He added a postscript in his own hand : ‘ I pray you that ye fail me not at this time in my great need , as ye will that I show you my good lordship in that matter that ye labour to me for . ’ |
| 5 | Though Daisy 's tightened up the rules at the Cattery — did I show you her new brochure ? ’ |
| 6 | In fact let me show you my latest find , here is a ‘ brand new ’ 1940's original gunsight . ’ |
| 7 | I 'll show you your new office . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I must show you our broad beans , ’ chattered Dimity , quite unconscious of the turmoil in her old friend 's heart . |
| 9 | and he 'll show you his eloquent brown-and-lilac bottom . |
| 10 | He had never made a secret of what he wanted from her , and pretending he enjoyed her company , pretending he wanted to laugh with her or show her his favourite places in Rome , was n't part of it . |
| 11 | They told us at school to ask a policeman if we got lost , and show him our yellow card with our name and address on it . |
| 12 | I show him my power-packed bony fist and wave my eight-inch thick-soled boots at him . |
| 13 | ‘ You 'll show her your true colours soon enough . ’ |
| 14 | Show us your constant love , O Lord , and give us your saving help . |
| 15 | We went into the garden , where Mrs Goreng showed them her flourishing orchids . |
| 16 | Well , he showed them his real find , the Rivera murals , the white-clothed indigenos who were being liberated , the obese bosses with their cigars tumbling , the beautiful Mayan prostitute cheeking the bourgeois couple in Almeida Park . |
| 17 | I showed them my three houses , my cornfields and my goats , and all my tools . |
| 18 | She had a room to herself , and showed me her built-in dressing-table , wardrobe , and cupboards . |
| 19 | Mrs MacKenzie proudly showed me her minuscule immaculate palace , the walls almost thicker than the passageway . |
| 20 | They showed me my new hip . |
| 21 | Friend of mine , I had a beer with in the week , showed me his new car , and he said the big irritation is it does n't centrally lock , having been used to it . |
| 22 | During one of the hold-ups in play in the Centenary Test at Lord 's in 1980 , I met a splendid young man ( then aged about 14 ) from Yorkshire , who showed me his foolscap-size autograph book , beautifully kept , with separate pages for each country and county , adorned with photographs , magazine pictures , statistics and coloured inks . |
| 23 | However , a few months ago , a friend showed me his latest acquisition , the all-singing-all-dancing computer which did just about everything except dive for you . |
| 24 | They gave each other presents at the Hanukha-Christmas festival , and the rector showed me his latest gift , a book with the inscription ‘ To my friend the rector , from his friend , the rabbi ’ . |
| 25 | J. J. has just shown you his one real skill — the way he can judge the mood of an audience and play it like a violin . |
| 26 | The first Headmaster of the Bermondsey Asylum was Joseph Watson , a nephew of Thomas Braidwood , who had shown him his personal technique of teaching deaf and dumb children . |
| 27 | ‘ No , stupid , if she shows him her pretty face . ’ |
| 28 | Lambert showed him his left shoulder . |
| 29 | I showed him my tiny purse . |
| 30 | I took Friday to the other side of the island and showed him my big canoe . |