Example sentences of "explained [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You have explained me to myself , Harry , ’ he said slowly . |
| 2 | When problems have arisen such as in the urban riots they have explained them away as resulting from a lack of proper parental and school discipline ( blaming the victim again ) or as the work of political agitators . |
| 3 | Thus , in 1973 , we are no wiser than we were in 1948 : the experience of twenty-five years has shed no more light upon the question , does the death penalty deter ? than was available at the beginning — except perhaps that the neutrality of the evidence , which I have explained I find so logically impressive , has been reinforced . |
| 4 | But once she 'd explained I felt much calmer . |
| 5 | Mr Hall said Miss Scott had explained she did not give notification of her mother 's death because she was afraid the authorities would discover the conditions in which they had been living . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , I could n't have explained it clearly to the dog . |
| 7 | ‘ I was weak , I could not get my breath , I was dizzy and my limbs were shaking , I have explained it all to you before now . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh yes , he 's explained it all to me ’ |
| 9 | Instead , they have explained it in terms of political conflict over the programmes of central government ( particularly after the election of a Conservative government in 1979 ) or longer-term central-local tensions , in which the centre is concerned to minimize the pressure generated by the existence of local political autonomy . |
| 10 | She could not have explained it but she no longer even thought of herself as Joan Halidon — but as Joan de Warenne , protégée of the dowager-duchess of Norfolk . |
| 11 | I 've explained it often enough to you , Frank , and I wish you 'd accept what I say . |
| 12 | He had explained it to her , explained that there were great forces in the universe and that she was destined to serve them . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've explained it to him and it 's not fair on him being exposed to some of our defending in recent weeks . ’ |
| 14 | It was something else that was bothering him , something illogical that he could n't explain to the Captain until he had explained it to himself . |
| 15 | You must be the fifth person I 've explained it to this month . |
| 16 | Ben had explained it to her . |
| 17 | She 'd explained that he 'd be staying away for the two nights , which he 'd never done before ; she only hoped she 'd explained it well enough . |
| 18 | ‘ I was under the impression that I had explained it to you . |
| 19 | Well I do n't know th th the er the detail of the circumstances nor the matters that went into the judgement , but in the way you have explained it to me and if all those facts are as are as simple and plausible as you as you say , then yes I would agree with him . |
| 20 | He had not denied it — he had explained it instead , which was worse , she had once said angrily . |
| 21 | I 've explained it to Daddy . ’ |
| 22 | It 's very amusing , and you 've explained it amusingly to us , but er , there 's a lot of truth , I think in er , what you say and er how can we , er make the best of these unwelcome guests who insist on turning up at the most inopportune times , when we 're trying to enjoy ourselves . |
| 23 | But before they will be explained it is necessary to consider the term genre . |
| 24 | So you know I mean if you use it perhaps the way as explained it then it 's a much better way . |
| 25 | I just hope she 's got it right cos I 've explained it all to her and sh |
| 26 | Oh dear , if only you 'd explained it all to me last night ! ’ she said accusingly to Fran . |
| 27 | er for the time being and if you ask Dave about this thing you 've missed and also about what this business about erm cos he has explained it to me but I 'm not quite sure about it , this business of keeping a , a sort of l record of all the practicals for this term |
| 28 | And if Thomas had been any older I do n't know quite how I would have explained it to him . |
| 29 | And Mrs Fairfax had explained it . |
| 30 | I did it I think that the way they , they 've explained it scientifically but |