Example sentences of "she showed [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a child she had not had time for many fairy stories and did not now know them to tell to her daughter again , but instead she showed her the pictures . |
| 2 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 3 | Even so , I did meet one girl at Binbrook who had knitted a whole twin set from darning wool cut into short lengths , weaving all the ends together as she knitted ! — and she showed me the finished product to prove it . |
| 4 | She acknowledged this with a raised thumb , but when she showed me the assortment of charts on the bed-table pushed against the wall she gave a thumbs-down over his fluid-intake . |
| 5 | She showed me the marks on the back of her knuckles and her wrist where that bitch had walloped her with a rod of some sort , right from the first day . ’ |
| 6 | She was really odd , she showed me the way but she kept saying she would n't come in because she was n't allowed to set foot in there . ’ |
| 7 | Er so I 'm gon na have them but she showed me the small room , what they call the small room , well that was huge well it will be perfect for what we want . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Faye whispered , her eyes misting and her throat going froggy as she showed them the tiny black-haired bundle cradled tightly in her arms . |
| 12 | As she showed him the barn , they began to talk of the forest . |
| 13 | She showed him the music . |
| 14 | She showed him the long notes and the short notes . |
| 15 | She showed him the tiny pile on the bed , and he nodded again . |
| 16 | The fog had lifted , and she showed us the sticks which she and her husband had put in to mark the way . |
| 17 | She showed us the map on the last day before it due in eight o'clock |