Example sentences of "and showed [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them , small and dusty and obscure in its corner , took the sunlight as he drew it towards him , and showed him the vigorous sketch of a face he knew well , a face he had seen long ago in the triforium , when he had crouched against the wall in the last embrasure of the walk , listening to the approaching footsteps of his enemy . |
| 2 | George opened the top lid of the tank and showed me a small plank floating on the surface . |
| 3 | I began to feel something sharp coming through the roof of my mouth and went to Mr Grover , who X-rayed me and showed me a pretty picture of that fateful root still there despite the hammer and chisel . |
| 4 | The robot finished its work and showed me a little animal . |
| 5 | Father Devine beckoned and showed me a huge slab of rock . |
| 6 | Frustrated but secretly delighted that I had maybe caught him out with shoddy workmanship until an old fellow from Bernera stopped to give me a lift on the way past Carlaway and showed me the right ones , just before the main stones of Callanish . |
| 7 | ‘ After the match , the chairman came in and showed me the other results and the league placings . |
| 8 | A Corporal had given me a coathanger and a broom and showed me the Foreign Legion 's way of unblocking a difficult lavatory bowl ; it involved unbending the coathanger , jamming it down the U-bend , and working it vigorously backwards and forwards . |
| 9 | And showed you the right path to take , |
| 10 | As we were turning to follow his directions , he drew up his cuff and showed us the blue tattooed cross that all Copts have on the inside of their wrists . |
| 11 | Mr Rochester lifted the curtain , opened the secret door and showed us the little room . |