Example sentences of "they showed [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they showed her the house , Rose seemed to enter completely into the terrible awareness of Moran now sitting in the car chair meditatively rotating his thumbs about one another . |
| 2 | They showed him the boat . |
| 3 | ‘ At the station they showed me the machine with an old mouthpiece and said I would have to blow into that . |
| 4 | When I arrived they showed me the letter they had received from the Chief Education Officer that morning which explained the proposed Statementing procedure : |
| 5 | we went in , you know , and that was the place an'all even the carpet that 's twelve hundred pound , cos they showed us the bill , you know er it 's been a it 's dirty and that but you know that wants , wants a good washing you know |
| 6 | thought he 'd cut and things like this and then they showed you the chap the next day and he was completely different ! |
| 7 | There was only one good bit in the film — when they showed you the lit–de bastard pissing up a wall . |