Example sentences of "and show him the " in BNC.

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1 But I had no idea how to make them so I had to ask my tutor and show him the work .
2 Our table felt it was worth £20 of tickets for a woman to put her hand up and show him the error of his ways , but we 'd already forked out enough , honest .
3 ‘ Now then , our Emily , get your skates on and show him the lie of the land .
4 Then you take out the little plastic box from your jacket and show him the syringe needle .
5 I told him all about Marie and showed him the pictures we took in that photo booth .
6 ‘ You can come twice for that , ’ she promised , and showed him the tip of her tongue .
7 Then she brought him her account book , which she had kept faithfully from the first day of opening her house , and showed him the state of things .
8 He gave him a document and showed him the photocopying room .
9 She took him to the far aisle and showed him the salt tablets .
10 The King took him into his barge and cried , ‘ Now I know the greatest heretic in Kent ’ and showed him the letters from Canterbury .
11 The captain followed the direction of the American boy 's pointing finger for a moment , then lifted his left wrist and showed him the dial of his watch .
12 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 .
13 That had been the highspot of the last week , sitting in his office , entertaining Basil , and showing him the problems that confronted him .
14 There was nothing short of taking the chap by the scruff of his neck and showing him the street that would have done the trick .
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