Example sentences of "[verb] shown me " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has shown me there is a lot of good out there . |
| 2 | Experience on statutory advisory committees to the health board has shown me how slow and often ineffectual they are . |
| 3 | School Secretary has shown me hers . |
| 4 | She 's the expert who has shown me how devious the female of the species can be . ’ |
| 5 | Sunil has shown me places in the club where the members rarely go and where , therefore , it 's safe to read or write or sleep as long as you wear your uniform and can pretend to be doing something vaguely official if someone comes in . |
| 6 | ‘ I think , ’ he continued as if he could read my thoughts , ‘ logic has shown me a way to solve the murders of Selkirk and Ruthven . ’ |
| 7 | Dixie has shown me the circuit , today I start the routine . |
| 8 | Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong . |
| 9 | Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong . |
| 10 | And I remembered too the guns they 'd shown me , with the barrels roughly brazed to patch holes that had been blasted-out by home-made bullets too misshapen to find a smooth passage through when the gun was fired . |
| 11 | I could n't remember the last time he 'd shown me so much affection . |
| 12 | Ironically , because having shown me what he termed ‘ retroscendence ’ , The Fat Controller was content to let me stew in my own juice for a while . |
| 13 | The very fact that I had only properly discovered a foundation of happiness when separated from the world should have shown me that the tendency of the world was to flood and destroy such a thing . |
| 14 | And if I had turned into a handsome prince Gillian would probably have shown me — him — the door . |
| 15 | And he hit back , saying : ‘ Maybe the British Athletic Federation should have shown me a bit of respect and credit after all the effort I 've put in for them this year . |
| 16 | If they 'd have shown me a bit to , when we first went I would n't have ordered it . |
| 17 | Well you should have shown me before . |
| 18 | Do n't eat nothin' till you 've shown me . |
| 19 | In fact I 've often said that if you show me a system which does n't have a performance problem then you 've shown me a system which is a failure . |
| 20 | Dearest wave bobber — you 've shown me a living rainbow . ’ |
| 21 | I see from this school report you 've shown me it said there were fifty seven in your class |
| 22 | I had registered for my classes , and Professor Ruiperez had shown me my lecture-rooms , where I had introduced myself to large classes of students , mixed men and women , with a preponderance of women , as is usual in foreign arts faculties . |
| 23 | My readings in Zen , too , had shown me the folly of love , analysed it as an illusion among all the other illusions of this floating and temporary world , an emotion that by its very nature created suffering . |
| 24 | I pulled it free and found it to be sand-frosted and pear-shaped , like the one Nicky had shown me . |
| 25 | In preparing my speech I recalled ( as the reader also may ) the occasion during my first watch in Tartar when the first lieutenant had shown me the various instruments on the bridge , and that when I asked why one had a canvas cover , he had said , ‘ Oh , that 's the Mountbatten station-keeping gear , and we keep it covered because the captain finds it quite useless . ’ |
| 26 | Could my night-time visitor have called in here to pick up the key he had shown me , and left the back door open at the same time ? |
| 27 | The attacker could have been either Orlick , or the stranger who had shown me the file . |
| 28 | He told me his plan was to murder his hated guest that night , with the weapon he had shown me . |
| 29 | ‘ An my experience at Imperial had shown me the growing need in this country to find free-standing sites on the outskirts of towns , away from parking problems and inner city violence . |
| 30 | The man who had shown me in reached a pewter tankard down from the Welsh dresser and filled it with champagne . |