Example sentences of "could you explain " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could you explain that ? |
| 2 | Could you explain the differences between the chassis of a military Land Rover and a civilian one , |
| 3 | It does n't have to sound confrontational ; contrast ‘ I do n't understand what you 're talking about ’ ( sub-text : ‘ you are inept at talking ’ ) with ‘ I 'm sorry I 'm so dim [ mock disclosure — and quite appropriate in my opinion , given the indirect nature of conversation ] , but could you explain that to me again in plain English ? ’ ( sub-text : ‘ I 'm not understanding you , so can you say it differently ? ’ ) |
| 4 | Could you explain to me a little bit more when you said that erm a married woman could n't be a tenant . |
| 5 | Nelly , could you explain why ? |
| 6 | Could you explain the reason then behind your council 's change of view ? |
| 7 | No , could could you explain ? |
| 8 | Could could you explain what a principal beat officer is ? |
| 9 | Could you explain what you mean by that ? |
| 10 | Could you explain what this is ? |
| 11 | Could you explain to me , please , what Dr. Lorrimer was doing here last night ? |
| 12 | Could you explain that ? |
| 13 | Could you explain what those last three were ? |
| 14 | Could you explain it to them ? |
| 15 | Many people remember and have fond memories of Community Programme , could you explain what the differences are between Community Programme and Community Action ? |
| 16 | How could you explain this human stuff to Globo , Arch Lord of the System of the Blabbenoids ? |
| 17 | If , if , if you 're right about this could you explain the psychological mechanism that makes these kinds of returns of the repressed happen , I mean why did the Fre why did the French students feel they had to recreate the revolution ? |
| 18 | Mhm n n why 's that , could you explain that ? |
| 19 | What could how could you explain what you 're doing . |
| 20 | Could you explain for the record what your reasons were for arriving at that conclusion ? |
| 21 | Chairman I , I , I am and some of my colleagues a little confused on this paper , erm and I really ask that I , I understood that when we discussed this last , erm that the , the minor work which was one , one debated , erm was going to be increased to two million and that two million er , two million spend was going to come out of the existing budget , I 'm not quite sure from this whether it is or it is n't , could you explain ? |