Example sentences of "explained [prep] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when I went to prison it was n't explained to me . |
| 2 | I would like this to be explained to me as I just do n't understand it . |
| 3 | It is because , as Salima , herself a factory worker , explained to me ‘ the money is needed and not only that , there is a feeling among some people that what you do in Britain does n't really count . ’ |
| 4 | Surinder , a Sikh woman , explained to me what it had been like coming to Britain in the sixties and finding a job in a sweat-shop soon after . |
| 5 | My parents explained to me , Pakistan is too far from this country ( Uganda ) , you are not used to their ways , but I did n't listen to them . |
| 6 | It was once explained to me that most Asians in Yorkshire do not play cricket anyway , but that those who did were genuinely encouraged to join Yorkshire League clubs . |
| 7 | You have explained to me over and over how this thing can be possible . |
| 8 | It was n't until much later that Sidney E. Berger , curator of manuscripts at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester , Massachusetts , explained to me that the word had made its début in the Tarzan movies . |
| 9 | It was explained to me that over the years all the planes on the green sward had landed by mistake , assuming that it would be solid enough to allow a take-off . |
| 10 | One officer explained to me that it would not help their credibility nor their promotion prospects if they were too closely identified with investigations into the occult . |
| 11 | She 'd explained to me the origin of the Paisley pattern ; I had the history of Notting Hill Gate , the use of a camera obscura by Vermeer , why Charles Lamb 's sister murdered their mother , and a history of Tamla Motown . |
| 12 | Unless the mystery of the Eurotunnel share price is satisfactorily explained to me , I shall just have to assume that there is after all no rhyme or reason to the universe . |
| 13 | Ever since my mother had explained to me at Culloden Moor long ago that the English and the Scots were different peoples , I had been intensely proud of my Scottish origins and of Scotland 's history as an independent nation . |
| 14 | ‘ It was explained to me that I had a mild form which was affecting the part of the brain that triggers migraine , which is why I was having sickness attacks and blinding headaches behind the eyes . ’ |
| 15 | Tim Mackie has explained to me that the organisation has been so successful gathering together items of rolling stock , track and equipment that there are not enough members available to operate trains and work on the infrastructure at the same time . |
| 16 | Had General Francis not had his two sticks propped against his chair as a tangible reminder of his condition , and had he not , as had now been explained to me , been making this social call to thank me for nursing his son after paying a second professional visit himself to Bernard Remington-Hart , his appearance and that Rolls outside would have frozen Margaret into a prissy caricature of her normal self . |
| 17 | Sister explained to me , ‘ The poor old dear 's in a fine twitter as she thought the bus was stopping , not starting — ’ Sister shot off to meet an anxious young woman with a baby in her arms and a small tearful boy hanging on to her skirt . |
| 18 | I have also had it explained to me by other feminists campaigning for equality of treatment of wives under social security laws , that their concern was only with the wives of claimants , not of company directors — thus accepting the DHSS principle that wives should be means tested on their husbands ' resources , regardless of the extent of their access to them . |
| 19 | I had passed , and the process of anonymity used by the Legion to protect itself and its members was now explained to me . |
| 20 | As one student patiently explained to me when I asked him how he knew what results he was looking for : |
| 21 | No one has yet explained to me what happens to your filter if you set up an aquarium and lock up the ammonia that forms the first stage of the nitrogen cycle as Ammo Lock claims to do . |
| 22 | I have not , of course , had the advantage of having the plaintiffs ' claim explained to me by their own counsel . |
| 23 | Lady Merstam has explained to me her lifelong desire to protect your reputation , Mrs Copley , and I fully understand your own wish to protect your husband from information which would , a … hurt him . |
| 24 | ‘ She — the lady , your wife — explained to me the reason for your behaviour the day you left Kinsai . |
| 25 | This skill is well summarized in the saying : Farm in front of your rubbish ; and a Blaxhall farmer , W. A. Peake , explained to me what was behind it : |
| 26 | ‘ They 're just the prettiest cakes on earth , ’ a Van Cliburn patron explained to me . |
| 27 | A father explained to me that he would put one of his three sons through primary and secondary education . |
| 28 | Why this ceremony has to take place so early in the morning has never been explained to me , but it appears to be as essential a part of the nuptials as the Hindi movie music the night before . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh yes — she 's explained to me all right . ’ |
| 30 | Er it was explained to me on the phone . |