Example sentences of "show [noun prp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Show Rex the trick with the beer mats , Chico . ’ |
| 2 | You can at least show Lucy the office , Silas . |
| 3 | ‘ Instead of going straight back , why not drive up into the hills and show Ashley the view ? ’ |
| 4 | She saw him take the envelope from his pocket and show Ursula the letter inside . |
| 5 | Go and show Clara the garden . " |
| 6 | And when Rabbit shows Pooh the honey , again the inference is direct : a honey pot , therefore honey . |
| 7 | More than all that , though , he showed Richard the way . |
| 8 | I showed Richard the letter and he handed it back without comment . |
| 9 | After she had a hot rum toddy in a steaming , warm tub and showed Josh the trap marks on her leg , they all sat around the wooden kitchen table to eat vegetable soup , local Stilton cheese , and a salad of walnuts and chicory , followed by gingerbread that Clare had made with Mrs Gooden 's special recipe . |
| 10 | She showed Karen the scanner , which was near the door . |
| 11 | The Wisconsin state authorities feel that they have lost enough money on Steve Chen 's dreams — his failed Supercomputer Systems Inc received $75m in incentives from to establish its operations in Eau Claire , and they showed Chen the door when he asked for another $5m to get his fledgling SuperComputers International Inc off the ground in Eau Claire . |
| 12 | Beneath a large pyramid of facts lie the great deeds of Robin Smith , DeFreitas , Tufnell , Richardson , Hooper , Richards , Ambrose , Marshall , and , perhaps most memorably , Gooch , who magnificent 154 not out at Headingley showed England the way . |
| 13 | Father showed Duncan the path that led to the grassy slopes of the hills . |
| 14 | But she only said , ‘ Have fun then , ’ and showed Oliver the lantern she had finished . |
| 15 | On the second day , Tim showed Anna the system in the warehouse . |
| 16 | He showed Gabriel the envelope containing the valentine . |
| 17 | Miss Hatherby showed Constance the treasures of the house . |
| 18 | I showed Kubrick the script of Spartacus . |
| 19 | He has bruises on his face and shows Keith the bruises on his legs . |
| 20 | BUDAPEST STOCK EXCHANGE SHOWS LONDON THE WAY WITH NEW SYSTEM BASED ON THREE DEC VAX SERVERS |
| 21 | The events of 1934 showed Joyce the propagandist in a different and more chilling role . |
| 22 | Here he showed Anselm the pope 's letter to the king which he had obtained after Anselm 's departure . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm showing Melanie the neighbourhood , ’ said Finn , clutching his sister 's shoulders and rocking her kneeling form to and fro in an embrace which made her laugh soundlessly until she looked like a young girl . |
| 24 | He said , ‘ Hepzibah , I 've been showing Carrie the skull . |
| 25 | Hendrik Scholte eyed the stranger suspiciously — hotel-keepers invariably did — and was on the point of showing Vincent the door when his wife intervened . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've got four of them , white ones , ’ said the boy holding up his handkerchief and showing Philip the holes . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , my God , my God , ’ she said , ‘ I was showing Jack the view out there , and I leant over pointing to something and then suddenly the whole thing seemed to tilt and … ’ |
| 28 | As his nose was so white and shiny , like a light bulb , it shone through the dark sky , showing Santa the way to everybody 's houses . |
| 29 | Heart of Darkness mattered not for giving Eliot the anthropological reader a better idea of how primitive society worked , but for showing Eliot the poet that the life of the savage and that of the modern urban clerk intersected on the deepest level , the level of ‘ The Horror ’ which was , essentially for him , the realization of evil within man . |
| 30 | The governor of Cochin-China had arranged the meeting ; on hearing of Mrs. Sherman 's arrival in Hue he had invited them to join his official entourage for the imperial New Year ceremony and had also arranged for Tran Van Hieu to show Joseph the palaces beforehand . |