Example sentences of "show [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Years later he will show me the sketches he made with mud and chalk in the trenches , of fragile running men and tangled machines , lit up by exploding shells like arrested frames of film . |
| 2 | Could you show me the way out ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If you would just show me the route on this map , ’ says Robyn , without returning the smile , ‘ I 'd be most grateful . ’ |
| 4 | If you have leisure , I 'd be grateful if you would kindly show me the castle ? ’ |
| 5 | For the comprehension items , the tester speaks the two stimulus sentences — for example , ‘ The cat is behind the chair ’ ; ‘ The cat is under the chair ’ — and then requires the child to ‘ Show me the cat is under the chair ’ from a set of pictures . |
| 6 | ‘ But you must show me the books , tell me everything about the business . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I mean , if you can show me the way I will take you by car , ’ I said . |
| 8 | She said : ‘ Claire did not show me the power of attorney … nor did she tell me that I had been made Michael 's attorney . ’ |
| 9 | You must show me the book as soon as it comes — and you too , Anne . ’ |
| 10 | And you can show me the cross . |
| 11 | " Oh , Zora-djevojka , beautiful Dawn Maiden , wo n't you please show me the way to the sea-king 's palace ? " |
| 12 | Please , do n't show me the babies … |
| 13 | If you could show me the way out- ’ |
| 14 | Oh , he said , I expect in a minute the door will be flung back and I 'll be dragged off to some sort of temple arena where I 'll fight maybe a couple of giant spiders and an eight-foot slave from the jungles of Klatch and then I 'll rescue some kind of a princess from the altar and then kill off a few guards or whatever and then this girl will show me the secret passage out of the place and we 'll liberate a couple of horses and escape with the treasure . ’ |
| 15 | Can anybody show me the error of my ways ? |
| 16 | " You had better show me the sites , " Matthew said , " and I 'll see what I can suggest . " |
| 17 | Can you show me the words Joelle ? |
| 18 | Wan na show me the fiver ? |
| 19 | When he speaks an aside to us , in his own person , it is in verse : He continues in their prose , but when he wants to express his respect for them and offer his services , he moves up to verse : ‘ I 'll show thee the best springs ; I 'll pluck thee berries ; /I 'll fish for thee , and get thee wood enough ’ ( 160f . ) . |
| 20 | But I did n't show them the robot animal . |
| 21 | Even though the story reverberated through the Highlands , there is no evidence that either Boswell or Johnson knew the tale — had they done so , Boswell might have been less merry with his lubricious reasons as to why the woman would not show them the bedroom . |
| 22 | We 'd best go on down and I 'll show ye the sittin' room . |
| 23 | ‘ I feel I must show somebody the parcel I 've just had , ’ she said , greeting Ianthe on the doorstep . |
| 24 | ‘ If you feel inclined , ’ it said non-committally , ‘ join me at the Station Hotel , Edinburgh on Friday , then I 'll show you the smugglers ’ den . |
| 25 | I can show you the broken elastic in my tracksuit if you like . |
| 26 | She 's in the same ward me Grandad was in. — Come on , I 'll show you the way . ’ |
| 27 | Why do n't I show you the place where Mountbatten was killed ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I will show you the only book no-one has ever read a word of . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll show you the way out on the map then , ’ said Endill . |
| 30 | He addressed Maggie , ‘ Miss McGinley will show you the ropes and answer any general questions you might have . |