Example sentences of "how [verb] you explain " in BNC.
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| 1 | How d' ya explain that you know . |
| 2 | " How d' you explain its high incidence in places known to be malodorous ? " |
| 3 | An ’ how d' you explain the bracelets ? … ’ |
| 4 | How did you explain it ? ’ |
| 5 | How did you explain to your own s s satisfaction during those months that no talks were going on , that into into com into communicating with the quarry ? |
| 6 | How do you explain that ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If you say that capital punishment is a deterrent , how do you explain that 87 per cent of all murderers convicted over the last 10 years thought there still was capital punishment ? ’ |
| 8 | Well , then how do you explain the night I put down a copy of Viz , turned on the telly , and settled in for what I thought would be a programme of smart , irreverent comedy ? |
| 9 | He liked to think of Beamish in the dock at the Central Court , his counsel blustering on about his client 's perfectly normal , acceptable need for heavy metal poisons ( ‘ But how do you explain , Mr Beamish , your ordering a quantity of thallium from a perfectly reputable chemist 's … ? ’ ) |
| 10 | It may sound trite , but how do you explain adoption to a three-year-old ? |
| 11 | There were the usual bricks , of course , but how do you explain a steel-capped boot , or a marmalade jar , or a complete , if rusty , electric junction box ? |
| 12 | How do you explain this ? |
| 13 | How do you explain this since you measured each angle from a different side ? |
| 14 | How do you explain yourself ? |
| 15 | How do you explain the decline of the Liberal party ? |
| 16 | ‘ Then how do you explain the wad of twenty quid notes stuff- ’ Miller paused for a moment and softened his tone . |
| 17 | How do you explain Saddam Hussein 's progression from early years in a secular party , the Ba'ath , to his pose today as a leader of Islam . |
| 18 | ‘ If what you say is true , how do you explain Steen 's behaviour during the past week ? |
| 19 | ‘ Then how do you explain — ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Then how do you explain this ? ’ he said , reaching for a folder that she had n't noticed lying at the end of the settee . |
| 21 | Do you agree , and if so how do you explain it ? |
| 22 | ‘ Then how do you explain the fact that the kidnappers phoned urgently , demanding to see Ubaldo in person , at a time when you were still in Rome and no one supposedly knew you were coming except the authorities ? ’ |
| 23 | Mm , but Mike that it was n't new , how do you explain that Kirsty ? |
| 24 | I mean how do you explain that one away ? |
| 25 | How do you explain that ? |