Example sentences of "he showed [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , he declared low ; I declared both ways ; and he showed me a concealed three . |
| 2 | He showed me a little thing , the size of a hazelnut , in the palm of my hand , and it was as round as a ball . |
| 3 | He showed me the cunning way in which Jim Wilson , the ship 's chandler , had hinged the top of the fuselage so that a patient could be lowered into the plane on a stretcher once the second seat had been removed to give the extra length . |
| 4 | He showed me the personal/Impersonal and the Individual/Group columns all drawn out as in figure 1 but the last column was missing . |
| 5 | He showed me the big green gabled home of Ireland 's Minister of Finance . |
| 6 | He showed me an underwater grotto , a light-shafted nave of pale-blue shadows , where the large wrasse floated as if in a trance . |
| 7 | He showed her a yellow bear with a bow tie round its neck , riding a bicycle . |
| 8 | When they arrived back at the butterwood where he had been sleeping he showed her a white fungus around its base . |
| 9 | Having made his choice , he showed her a short , stout leather strap , before applying it to her naked seat . |
| 10 | He showed her the little holes in the chin guard , and reluctantly she tried it again . |
| 11 | He showed them the careful lay-out of the hospital planned by Miss Nightingale herself . |
| 12 | He showed them the huge chest , far too heavy to lift , with the silver cups and plates for special occasions . |
| 13 | If he showed them the latest Washington telegram which he had seen before his departure [ KPs 66 and 85 ] , they would have been made aware that although they had to exercise the utmost restraint for the time being , a new and firmer policy might soon be adopted . |
| 14 | Leavis did to Blackadder what he did to serious students ; he showed him the terrible , the magnificent importance and urgency of English literature and simultaneously deprived him of any confidence in his own capacity to contribute to , or change it . |
| 15 | He showed us a small , half-burnt piece of paper . |
| 16 | He showed us the whole lagoon ( it is very big ) , slowing down to let us see the most interesting parts , then hurtled off amid boiling clouds of spray to give us a thrill . |