Example sentences of "showed [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one condition he showed them a series of objects which had been bought from a joke shop : a piece of rubber cheese , a chicken 's egg made of stone , and so forth . |
| 2 | The captain showed them a rough map drawn crudely on tough , brown vellum and with a stubby finger and guttural comments pointed out the coastline of Fife , the manor of Kinghorn and the possible place where the French could dock to pick up a party from the beach . |
| 3 | Macnab showed them a postcard , sent to him by Joyce from Berlin a few days before . |
| 4 | Gus put a hand to its edge and lifted , and the cover rose on its rim , and showed them a glimpse of a deep shaft dropping into darkness , partially silted up below with rubble . |
| 5 | When surveyors started sizing up her land , ‘ I got my shotgun out and showed them the gate , ' she said . |
| 6 | She showed them the small lake in its ring of reeds , took them to the first slopes of the mountain , rigged up a fishing rod for Michael and took him to the part of the lake she used to fish as a girl , and soon he was shouting out in glee as he missed the ravenous little perch or swung them out over his head on to the bank . |
| 7 | Then I began to run into the guards , and every guard I saw , I did n't say anything , I just showed them the piece of paper which had written on it Hotel Intourist in Russian , and the phrase book . |
| 8 | In return she showed them the Daimler and invited forty of them to visit her on the Dockers ' yacht , Shemara , where pink champagne was served amid costly fitments which were often detailed in the newspapers . |
| 9 | He showed them the huge chest , far too heavy to lift , with the silver cups and plates for special occasions . |
| 10 | He showed them the careful lay-out of the hospital planned by Miss Nightingale herself . |
| 11 | ‘ No one was sure where to look but Oscar showed them the way , ’ said owner Celia Curtis . |
| 12 | She paused and then went on in the same proud tone she had used when she showed them the bathroom , ‘ Mr Evans is a very important man . |
| 13 | If he showed them the latest Washington telegram which he had seen before his departure [ KPs 66 and 85 ] , they would have been made aware that although they had to exercise the utmost restraint for the time being , a new and firmer policy might soon be adopted . |
| 14 | I 'm just one of the Star Councillors , but I was n't in the Star Room when you showed them the animal . |
| 15 | After a long descent the shaft widened a little , and the light of their torches showed them the interior of the mine , the southern end of the tunnellings . |
| 16 | And lastly he showed them the stars and the clouds and the moon and all the winds of heaven . |
| 17 | The Autocrat , the chauffeur , the bodyguard : this showed them the gulf , the magical distance . |
| 18 | I showed them the place where the monster had jumped into the lake . |
| 19 | At Corbett 's bidding an old man showed them the blood-spattered piece of ground where their priest had been found . |
| 20 | Faye whispered , her eyes misting and her throat going froggy as she showed them the tiny black-haired bundle cradled tightly in her arms . |
| 21 | He showed them the mark on his hand . |
| 22 | The Court of Appeal held that he had appropriated the goods for the purposes of theft when he showed them the goods and invited them to buy . |
| 23 | But she added : ‘ The people at work think I 'm insane and when I showed them the video of the bungee jump it just confirmed their opinion that I 'm a lunatic . ’ |
| 24 | I know cos she showed me a picture once . |
| 25 | Some of its relics are scrupulously cared for in the English Circle headquarters ; they showed me a pair of jockey scales , caricatures of riders clambering redfaced out of ditches , group paintings of the hunt moving off . |
| 26 | Later Aunt Louise opened her bag and showed me a letter . |
| 27 | She showed me a half-built kennel block . |
| 28 | Father Devine beckoned and showed me a huge slab of rock . |
| 29 | I was comforted when Matata showed me a Boer war rifle wrapped in rags in the bottom of the canoe . |
| 30 | She showed me a pamphlet entitled Gourmet Dining for Hot Place Living — with Tid Bits for the Essence of Life . |