Example sentences of "[verb] to [pron] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jesus had been , with his disciples and he had spent the whole day in teaching and preaching to the people , he 'd been explaining to them what the kingdom of God was like , he 'd been telling them some of the parables that perhaps we 're familiar with , he 'd been telling them about the parable of the sewer and the seed , the man who went out and he sewed his seed and different things went wrong birds came and picked up the stuff that fell by the wayside , some fell on stony ground and it could n't put down any roots , some fell amongst thorns and they were quickly choked , but some did fall in good prepared soil and that grew . |
| 2 | ( c ) As the shop assistant in Lambie said in her evidence , it did not matter to her what the accused 's credit status was at her bank because the shop would be paid whether the credit was good or bad . |
| 3 | Well do n't worry dear it wo n't matter to you what the weather 's like for the next week will it ? |
| 4 | This brings into view a number of sub-sequences and minor objectives , as well as forcing the teacher to state to himself what the pupil will need , not only to do , but be able to do , in order to take part in the work . |
| 5 | ‘ Sometimes it is important for the individual to step back from the fray , ’ said , ‘ and describe to themselves what the work problems are and build up an action programme for themselves . |
| 6 | did he ever explain to you what the urgency of having to have the article in on the following Saturday was ? , did he ev , did he ever tell you anything ? |
| 7 | ‘ The ad manager , ’ says Logan , ‘ could never explain to anyone what The Face was about ’ — and it still is n't easy . |
| 8 | The telephone watch receiver is used in two ways : ( 1 ) holding it to your other ear when using the ‘ phone may ( depending on your hearing loss ) provide better speech reception and prevent interference from background noise ; ( 2 ) you speak on the telephone in the ordinary way , and someone ( a child can do it ) listens through the watch receiver and repeats to you what the speaker says , which you then speechread and reply direct to the caller . |
| 9 | I said to her what the hell would anybody be getting involved in all that damp nonsense for ? |
| 10 | Joseph was trying to get someone to explain to him what the exchanges between Durance and Maurin had been about and where Maurin had gone . |
| 11 | Now there are times when Jesus actually sat down with his disciples afterwards and explained to them what the parable was about and there was a reason for that , it was because , simply , the folk would not have understood it . |
| 12 | I mean one of the things I was taught when i my training for work with children , was that erm , it 's alright to use big l long words , for children , as long as you explain to them what the words mean . |
| 13 | ‘ I am sure your friends will be eager to help — once you explain to them what the money is for . |