Example sentences of "[conj] showed [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faced with the need to chastise a dancer , she never gave way to anger nor showed her annoyance but her eyes would fill with tears and she would say , ‘ I never thought a Tiller would let us down like this . ’ |
| 2 | For the ‘ Banality ’ show , Koons created a startling series of ads that showed him in four flagrantly artificial settings . |
| 3 | Such demands failed , however , to quell the discontent , which increasingly focused on Michael Heseltine as the only serious alternative to Mrs Thatcher , a view supported by polls that showed him to be the voters ' overwhelming choice to replace her . |
| 4 | The blood had been washed from his face and body , and he was still wearing the very good quality underwear that showed him indeed to be the son of an aristocratic family , who , despite Robespierre and Talleyrand still gave one of their sons to the Church . |
| 5 | A confidential study designed to assess the extent of professional abuse , follows investigations in America that showed one in 10 counsellors developed sexual relationships with those they should have been helping . |
| 6 | She had an artist friend print up some material for her , using a picture that showed her in profile . |
| 7 | Then he began to talk , very quietly , in a curiously flat voice that showed her more clearly than anything else could how much he was holding back . |
| 8 | Jo looked like a Munchkin in anything that showed her legs . |
| 9 | She had not exactly said ‘ wet ’ and ‘ weedy ’ , but ‘ quiet ’ and ‘ sympathetic ’ , and Hoomey supposed that showed her tact , because he thought that was what she meant . |
| 10 | She was in a Dorothy Lamour island-princess number that showed her shape . |
| 11 | Apart from making a number of impressive black and white studies of the rugged terrain , he also photographed local people , always on the look-out for strength and dignity in their faces that showed they had not been eroded by the harsh circumstances in which they lived . |
| 12 | The house had been designed for a family with servants , and in the pantry there was an indicator board that showed which room the bell had been rung from . |
| 13 | As a result , Brunel could argue that killing off the quickie at the end of the decade was a mistake since it was possible to make ‘ really fine , unspectacular pictures ’ , and ‘ we were evolving a technique that showed what could be done when facing fearful odds . ’ |
| 14 | It was Japan , the most energy-intensive country in the world , though , that showed what can be done . |
| 15 | These two models were compared , leading to a third model that showed what could happen once the Act was implemented . |
| 16 | In the council chamber quite recently one of the Socialists supported the position taken up by the Soviet Government in Russia in a way that showed what would happen here if they got the power in their hands . |
| 17 | I suggested some simple exercises , to be done without knitting on the machine , that showed what effect the tuck and slip controls had on the needles and how we could set the carriages to slip or tuck in one direction and knit in the other . |
| 18 | We merely became accustomed to the general life of the common birds and animals , and to the appearances of trees and clouds and everything upon the surface that showed itself to the naked eye ’ . |
| 19 | And it is this struggle that showed us a way . |
| 20 | Erm , and the introduction of these forms of individuals erm might have arisen as the one passage that showed us might suggest , the passage from five seven on page three of her handout number eleven there , the need for forms of individuals might have arisen from the following . |
| 21 | She gave him a smile that showed she was still a little insecure , still not quite believing that Ace loved her . |
| 22 | And after — what ? — fifteen , twenty years , there was that in her altered manner that showed she could still regard him with affection . |
| 23 | He said things that showed he hates me as well . |
| 24 | Saul of Tarsus after his Damascus road experience spent three days in fasting and prayer ; that showed he was in the receptive mood which invited the Spirit to come . |
| 25 | He was wiring up the main hatch above the hold , in such a way that showed he was certainly not an electrician by trade , with the intention of giving a mild electric shock to anyone who might try to get into it . |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps I should sell the place and be done with it , ’ he said with an abruptness that showed he 'd been considering the idea for some time . |
| 27 | ‘ I knew it would n't win — there was no aspect in his charts that showed he would . ’ |
| 28 | He was given a brain scan there that showed he did not need immediate brain surgery . |
| 29 | Umm yes I do have I have n't brought it with me but I do have a book at home that that erm in that showed you know the pieces of fabric that you had left over from doing all this , erm I 've got a pattern that my mother actually used to make things that were very are now very unpopular for my children . |
| 30 | I 've heard you selling the guy that showed you these two manifestos one by the Tories and one by the Labour and the one that stuck in my mind it 's that the Labour Party will have a minimum wage to comply with the rest of Europe . |