Example sentences of "to show [pers pn] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would begin to know that putting a little eighth note right before the next bar meant anticipation and that made things easier because , if you have a half hour lesson and they want to learn something by Iron Maiden , and you want to show them a dorian mode in three octaves and they 've got to show you their chords in four or five positions , you 've got to work fast ! |
| 2 | Journalists who may be minded to look at court or police records should bear in mind that an official persuaded to show them a spent conviction is liable to a fine , and if they make their persuasion more persuasive by a bribe , or obtain access to the record dishonestly , they themselves are liable to imprisonment for up to six months . |
| 3 | Their private museum is in a wing which is under the control of a hostile uncle , but they were still able to show me a wonderful variety of treasures including a pedestal telephone , equipped with a leopard-skin handle , and decorated with an embroidered coat of arms showing the sun , moon , and stars . |
| 4 | We 've used both Danish Blue and Lurpak in our recipes to show you a few ways of bringing a flavour of the Continent to your cooking . |
| 5 | SCORPION WOLFCHILD , just recently moved to London , is stalking some attractive , mysterious , bright , sweet-smelling females to show him a good time . |
| 6 | Right there in the room with the killer , and all you can think of is to show him a good place to slug you . ’ |
| 7 | He obviously had thought out everything in advance , because he led her quite briskly to a deserted passage , under the rather trite pretence that he wanted to show her a certain painting . |
| 8 | That 's no longer true and the Tour de France itself helps to show us a new society . |
| 9 | He led us across the antechamber to show us a tar-drenched jacket lined with sulphur which hung from a hook on the wall . |
| 10 | After such discussion one of the men would usually offer to show us a wild cocoa tree in the forest beyond his planted clearings . |