Example sentences of "she explained to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she explained to Sarah how they and the Thorntons had been married in the same month in 1839 and had all four spent that Christmas together . |
| 2 | She really could not bear to sit and listen for a minute longer , as she explained to Bernard , to the lies of the imperialist lackeys . |
| 3 | ‘ We 'll only be away for four nights , ’ she explained to Constance . |
| 4 | He 'll not be a minute , ’ she explained to Mungo , ‘ only we 've a bantam gone missing on the batters . |
| 5 | She explained to Farmer Plant how she used the outjutting twin branches of the tree as her pony , as she had n't a real one to ride , and how she was working for the Pony Rider badge . |
| 6 | When she explained to Sidney Carrow that she was pregnant , he had said shyly , somehow seeming to express both pleasure and pain , ‘ Where were you thinking of going ? |
| 7 | She liked his mind : she liked the quality of his convictions , although , as she explained to Brenda , Belinda and Liese , she could not agree with those convictions . |
| 8 | ‘ Sacks of things have been stolen from one of the storehouses , ’ she explained to Cheryl . |
| 9 | She explained to Dexter why she could not talk about the Mills case at work . |
| 10 | The next day , she and Ruth went back to Manette Street to pick up her belongings and she explained to Kristof that she had decided to return to her family . |
| 11 | Although Aunt Violet was n't often rude about other people ( she explained to Alice that Catholics were not allowed to be uncharitable ) , it was she who 'd remarked : ‘ Just a little bit vulgar . |
| 12 | ‘ The dear man knows that I collect swans , ’ she explained to Merrill and Richard , ‘ and he left it on the hall table with my name on a label around its neck . |
| 13 | She explained to Deborah James , chosen from 300 applicants , how she wanted ‘ the design system to be as perfect as it could be so that the accountants could not spoil it ’ — ‘ accountants ’ having now become for Laura a generic term for anyone not on the design team . |