Example sentences of "i can not explain " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not explain this sentiment unless it was that I observed that the members of the household appeared not to have perfectly learned their parts and also that having seen and known the Emperor for so many years in such a totally different position , his present one looked like a dream or a play ; but when each actor becomes acclimatized by time it will be a magnificent Court , with a Sovereign who will command the attention of all Europe . |
| 2 | I can not explain this phenomenon : I merely record it . |
| 3 | ‘ I can not explain fully , for this meeting must be brief — I suspect that even the walls have ears ! |
| 4 | Leers are accessible ( 158 ) to me , but I can not explain a leer , unless by this is meant saying in what context talk of leering makes sense . |
| 5 | I can not explain the meaning of " joy " by pointing to someone with glowing eyes and a smile on his face , and saying " This is an example of joy " , as I might explain the meaning of " tree " by pointing to a tree and saying " This is a tree " , or " This is an example of the kind of thing that we call a tree " . |
| 6 | For the first time , I saw — with what sense of shock I can not explain — that she had no navel . |
| 7 | I can not explain to Elsbeth where the People go . |
| 8 | I can not explain it to you now , but I must go . ’ |
| 9 | Exactly how he achieved this I can not explain except to say that he had a kind of eloquence that made you think he was speaking to you personally and the gift of a born story-teller . |
| 10 | In his account of the final stage , it is as if the unheard melody of which he had some intimation suddenly becomes audible and transposes all his experience into its terms : In my prayer I was reaching out to heaven with heartfelt longing when I became aware , in a way I can not explain , of a symphony of song , and in myself I sensed a corresponding harmony at once wholly delectable and heavenly , which persisted in my mind . |
| 11 | I can not explain how it feels they may not be human , but they are flesh and blood . ’ |