Example sentences of "show [adv prt] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Al Jourgensen is running around backstage , shouting out such helpful commands through his megaphone as ‘ Batten down the hatches ’ , and ‘ Splice the mainsail ’ ; stopping every minute or two to proudly show off his new tattoo . |
| 2 | I had just time to pull on a clean shirt and a pair of Chinos — Springsteen 's favourites as they show up his black hairs to best effect — before the local news came on the TV . |
| 3 | FERGIE 'S A FOOTMAN : Multi talented Johnny shows off his amazing heeling powers to his Royal sole-mate |
| 4 | Figure 5 The courtship displays of the male mandarin drake in which he shows off his striking orange wing feather ( from Owen : Wildfowl of Europe , by kind permission of Macmillan , London and Basingstoke ) . |
| 5 | Liverpool boss Graeme Souness shows off his heart-operation scar to his old Scotland team-mate Gordon Strachan when they met at Wembley on Charity Shield day . |
| 6 | He was wearing a white T-shirt , which showed off his perfect torso and rippling arm muscles , and his hair was loose and fashionably untidy round his handsome face , that face that was always in shadow . |
| 7 | This morning Tom Bartlett , the farm 's owner , proudly showed off his new arrivals to some fascinated visitors . |
| 8 | He went to the door where the sunshine showed off his elegant figure and absence of paunch to best advantage . |
| 9 | His trousers were slightly too short , and showed off his purple nylon socks and his tar-stained desert boots . |
| 10 | There is no evidence that Wolfgang resented the many and arduous journeys he was obliged to undertake in the pursuit of fame and success : on the contrary , he seems to have enjoyed seeing new places , meeting new people , and showing off his manifold abilities , despite the inevitable detrimental effect of all this on his health . |
| 11 | Showing off his cinnamon-red summer colours was a bar-tailed god wit , another ‘ passage wader ’ passing through . |
| 12 | Even after such a long absence from home , Leopold could not bear to waste any opportunity of showing off his brilliant children , so , instead of going straight back to Salzburg , they took a tortuous route through Dijon , Lyons , Switzerland , Donaueschingen and Augsburg to Munich , where Leopold even contemplated extending the trip to Italy . |
| 13 | Alfred was waving a white-stockinged leg in the air , Heinrich experimentally bending over in his black knee breeches ; James was pulling at his skimpy short jacket , puffing out his chest like Beerbohm Tree as d'Artagnan , Algernon was dancing a Highland fling showing off his black slipper shoes , and Alice and Emily were swishing merrily arm in arm through the kitchen in their huge , gathered black skirts covered with large , bibbed , lacy aprons . |
| 14 | His hair was totally white , showing off his tanned face and humorous brown eyes . |
| 15 | Hector McDarroch , on the other band , seemed to take a pleasure in showing off his grisly implements , filling the long-needled syringe right in front of my eyes and squirting the cocaine ceilingwards a few times before he started on me . |
| 16 | I think the odds are that Rich was showing off his new toff as a pal to Philip and throwing in the favour of an audition along the way . |
| 17 | Sometimes he was in a City of London pinstripe and showing off his new dentures . |
| 18 | In an opera overflowing with such individual gems as the famous ‘ Champagne ’ aria and the charming serenade with mandolin accompaniment ‘ Deh vieni all' finestra ’ , Mozart still could not resist showing off his technical skill . |
| 19 | The older man smiled widely , showing off his few but sound teeth . |
| 20 | Loretta frowned to herself , aware that Geoffrey was taking great pleasure in showing off his superior knowledge . |
| 21 | His jeans were tight-fitting , showing off his compact figure . |
| 22 | Among the 950 pensioners at the gathering were , who was attending his 24th reunion at Park Royal , and one pensioner who was proudly showing off his 40 year service tie . |
| 23 | If he likes to show off his long slender legs . . |
| 24 | Even Tony was anxious for Joe to spend some time with him and Helen , and to show off his new car . |
| 25 | He was longing to show off his beautiful wife to the County and what better introduction than in the hunting field , as an accomplished horsewoman ? |
| 26 | Abdul Shahid , a Bengali-speaking five year old and a beginner in English , wanted to show off his three sand pies lined up in order of size . |
| 27 | This he does by turning straight up , with his head towards the surface and wraps his body around to show off his lovely colours . |
| 28 | The son of legendary martial arts star Bruce , Brandon gets ample opportunity to show off his inherited skills in Rapid Fire , which opens on November 20 . |
| 29 | Bower-bird rolled and swooped to show off his flying skills before returning to land beside Cassowary on the branch . |
| 30 | The driver seemed as concerned to show off his excessive acceleration as if we had been prospective buyers and he a salesman . |