Example sentences of "show him the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Show him the location of the toilets , dayroom etc .
3 Show him the way , Jess , then come straight back , ’ Salt instructed in a voice like hot coals .
4 I show him , I show him the way I do it , and go through it with him .
5 But I had no idea how to make them so I had to ask my tutor and show him the work .
6 ‘ Now then , our Emily , get your skates on and show him the lie of the land .
7 ‘ That will get stolen , ’ the minister of health exclaims when I show him the picture of the pressure cooker that is meant to be used as a steriliser in the dispensaries .
8 Then you take out the little plastic box from your jacket and show him the syringe needle .
9 Help him discover his senses : show him the flowers in the park , for example , and get close enough to catch the scent .
10 But when he sent his ambassador to see if she were indeed as beautiful as men told , the Venetians would only show him the princess at nightfall , in an unlighted room .
11 I 'd show him the door , tell him if he can get more than that somewhere else he 's very welcome and use the £2million transfer fee on a player who does n't put money first .
12 I wan na show him the cover the true Irish people .
13 Once they had spent an enjoyable week in Bath and on another occasion he had suggested going to Cornwall so that she could show him the house where she was brought up .
14 But if he loves her , she wo n't show him the photograph . ’
15 ‘ We 'll show him the sights , ’ McGowan said , and he leaned back and laughed , and the city lights on his mirror shades looked like gold zips that had come undone .
16 But he had seen it at once , when Berdichev had first shown him the Aristotle File .
17 Even a bare second had shown him the gauntness of her face , its pallor throwing the make-up into a strange relief , like those simulated three-dimensional photographs .
18 Then she 'd shown him the book : a very rare volume indeed .
19 She had shown him the book where it was illustrated .
20 He said his experience as president of Youth Clubs UK which looks after around one million youngsters in Britain , had shown him the pressures faced by young people today .
21 It could have been the second , but he had swallowed his pride when they had shown him the room that was allocated him .
22 The day she 'd shown him the photograph
23 In what seems a somewhat specious argument , she urges Leo to bathe with her in the fire so that their mortal sins may be purged : but although the fire at first seems to do her no harm as she shows him the way into it , the self-seeking nature of her love becomes evident as her ageless beauty is destroyed :
24 and she er she said what and she said oh well I do n't think I 'll phone Graham but if Maxine shows him the paper , she said I reckon he 'll phone them because er , it did say , I think in the paper that the , that she said they 're letting everybody know
25 I do n't pay them too much attention cos I 'm busy , but I think Marie shows him the letter she got this morning .
26 Edouard took him on a tour of the stables ; he showed him the tack-room ; he introduced him to the horses , and gave the little boy lumps of sugar to give them .
27 ‘ You can come twice for that , ’ she promised , and showed him the tip of her tongue .
28 Quinn , meanwhile , joined Coventry with a good luck message from the boss who showed him the door at St James ' Park .
29 More controversy followed when Leeds showed him the door following an incident at a North Wales training camp .
30 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 .
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