Example sentences of "and showed [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When surveyors started sizing up her land , ‘ I got my shotgun out and showed them the gate , ' she said . |
| 2 | He gave him a document and showed him the photocopying room . |
| 3 | Then she brought him her account book , which she had kept faithfully from the first day of opening her house , and showed him the state of things . |
| 4 | The captain followed the direction of the American boy 's pointing finger for a moment , then lifted his left wrist and showed him the dial of his watch . |
| 5 | ‘ You can come twice for that , ’ she promised , and showed him the tip of her tongue . |
| 6 | She took him to the far aisle and showed him the salt tablets . |
| 7 | ‘ Rats , ’ I told him , but he opened the cover on the drain outside my back door and showed me the trap to stop rats climbing up . |
| 8 | He nodded politely and showed me the palm of a gloved hand . |
| 9 | He took me back to the past and showed me the future . |
| 10 | Reaching down under the counter he pulled out a flat bottle and showed me the label . |
| 11 | Only when the head of accounting ( ’ an ‘ acceptable ’ woman 's role ’ ) took her to one side and showed her the company 's payroll did she realise that while she was bringing in the most revenue , she was being paid the smallest salary . |
| 12 | Pink took her to the garden and showed her the rose arch . |
| 13 | He drove her to Burford and showed her the site of the car crash . ’ |
| 14 | In answer he turned the book and showed her the page . |
| 15 | He broke the gun in half and showed us the cylinder filled with six red plastic capsules . |
| 16 | Reflecting on the new and indeed unlikely scenario Collie Curran said : ‘ PJ McGowan came in three years ago and showed us the way ahead . |
| 17 | Mum was always thrifty , and able to stretch pennies to shillings ; once she proudly opened an old tea-caddy ( then utilised as a savings-bank ) and showed us the amount then accumulated : an unbelievable total of ten pounds . |