Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] show [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first morning we met you asked me to show you the way to the matriculation class , putting a very strong stress on the first syllable . |
| 2 | When I arrived they showed me the letter they had received from the Chief Education Officer that morning which explained the proposed Statementing procedure : |
| 3 | ‘ Well , well , ’ she says ( charmingly ) , ‘ you do have such an interesting point of view — by the way , did I show you the begonias ? |
| 4 | When Caro made her escape after tea it was with all the usual feelings of guilt and frustration ; with her mother suggesting brightly , ‘ Just let me measure you for that new jumper before you go , Carolyn , ’ and , ‘ Did I show you the new suite we were thinking of getting , in the catalogue ? |
| 5 | Did you show you the bit where there 's the hanging pots ? |
| 6 | He rose , paced about the little room , stared at the oak bureau , remembered it in his old room , in the nursery ; it had come here with Matey — he remembered her showing him the secret drawer it held , quite capacious , and unthinkingly worked the mechanism which opened it — |
| 7 | ‘ And did they show you the animal cemetery when you were a child ? ’ |
| 8 | Nikos had been busy , too , and he summoned them to show them the result of his labours . |