Example sentences of "explained that i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I explained that I 'd found someone to substitute for me — one of the Carter boys was looking for holiday work — but he kept making objections about unqualified staff , mentioning a notorious case a few years earlier when one malcontent teacher wreaked his revenge by teaching a group of teenage Italians that the English greet each other in the street with the phrase ‘ Piss off , wanker . ’ |
| 2 | I explained that I 'd told the sleeping-car attendants that Zak wanted to use him in a scene . |
| 3 | I explained that I had felt that it was the right thing to do ; it expressed what I felt . |
| 4 | I explained that I had not entered at the right time because I had been a hostage in Iraq . |
| 5 | I explained that I had n't been around as much as usual lately because I was pissed off with the way some people were behaving . |
| 6 | I explained that I had come to visit Blefuscu , as I had been invited . |
| 7 | I spoke again to the neurosurgical surgeon and explained that I had no choice but to send the patient , who needed urgent admission to casualty . |
| 8 | So I thanked Mr. Lennis for his frankness , explained that I had to go back to the bank to deal with some work , and departed . |
| 9 | I explained that I worked during the winter for a golf-mad stockbroker called Andrew Buccleuth whom I had met during my year on the amateur circuit . |
| 10 | I gave him a draft of the first chapter and explained that I wanted it to be the sort of book that would sell in airport book stalls . |
| 11 | I explained that I wanted the experience of running my own expedition and , after some discussion , he withdrew his objections but warned me not to go further than Bilen . |
| 12 | I explained that I wanted to see her father on a matter of business , but that his office had been unable to tell me where he was , and that I could get no reply by telephoning his home . |
| 13 | Nettled , I explained that I have what is known as an angular form , and this apparently makes me an entertaining subject . |