Example sentences of "i explain to " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that 's a beautiful block , now did I explain to you lot yesterday about er , that was yesterday sorry |
| 2 | Can I explain to her that I am fully in sympathy with their monomania ? |
| 3 | How can I explain to my son why he should persevere with regular injections when I do n't know myself ? |
| 4 | But how could I explain to a man shaking with fury that it was candy-floss I did n't like , and crowds , and being with him ? |
| 5 | I feel — oh , how can I explain to you ? … |
| 6 | — 3:13 : " How am I to explain to people who you are ? " |
| 7 | But er if you had to paper the parlour was always papered in the ceiling but he kitchen was always whitewashed because we had these , if I explain to you these er fireplaces that er were n't very successful burning coal you know and the smoke would rise and before you knew where you were the ceiling was black again so sort of every so often up went the whitewash brush and you 'd whitewash the the ceiling . |
| 8 | I explain to them that the local garage which supplied us with petrol has closed and we therefore no longer have an account . |
| 9 | Our cave on the upper slopes of the Aletschhorn suits her well , but ours is a fugitive life , as I explain to her . |
| 10 | I explain to Vinnie Dirkin that we are going round there . |
| 11 | Obviously all of this detail I explain to you here I 'm just giving you a brief overview it 'll be explained a lot more on the training course . |
| 12 | Ho how can you , going to be , to do that , I mean right you 're a poor peasant and I explain to you all the benefits of land reform , what are you gon na say to me ? |
| 13 | You see , if I explain to Vitor that he 's your father , anything might happen . |
| 14 | As I go round the country , and I , I , I you know , I explain to people how I use my daytimer , and er , people say well can I do that too . |
| 15 | I explained to him about the boxing-match and the waterfall and he went up close and examined the glass minutely , different areas of it , taking his time . |
| 16 | Moreover , as I explained to you , I have a waiting list of really deserving cases . |
| 17 | My own interest in Marxism grew , I explained to Ladislav , in part at least , out of my readings of Hegel at university . |
| 18 | I explained to Woferl the use of the pedal . |
| 19 | Well , as I explained to the Almighty , at 30,000 feet I was much nearer to him than ever before and , shouting to make myself heard above those damned engines , perhaps there was an even money chance of being heard . |
| 20 | Anyway , I explained to Auntie , I had joined the army , and was being sent to London ; and I wanted to see her , and get her blessings . |
| 21 | I explained to Valerie and Keith that a relationship could be anything they cared to make it . |
| 22 | I explained to her that , although I could make no promises , since she now felt much more confident about the technique it was quite possible that this session would reveal the cause of her phobia . |
| 23 | In addition I explained to her that , having found the original event and looked at it through adult eyes , there was no danger that she would put an end to one problem only to replace it with another , as might have happened if we had not investigated its origins . |
| 24 | Elizabeth and I used with amusement to look at each other 's horoscope in the newspapers , but without credulity : I explained to her that even if one believed in astrology they must be regarded as nonsense , being entirely unscientific and paying no attention to the hour of birth and therefore to the ‘ rising sign ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ I explained to the prince that you were my companion and he said — all the while gazing at you across the hall — ‘ But a relative none the less , I 'll warrant ! |
| 26 | As I explained to Fraser , we ca n't say a word to the Irish police because that bloody country 's like an echo chamber . |
| 27 | ‘ I explained to Jim his assets . |
| 28 | I explained to him briefly what the problem was . |
| 29 | I explained to her that our enclosures are very special to us , but she did n't seem to understand . |
| 30 | So I explained to him and he was very nice , er but one of the things that they 'd said that they would do , is get all the news broadcasters er to sign consent forms |