Example sentences of "trying to explain [pers pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think there 'd be much point in trying to explain it to you now . ’ |
| 2 | He circles round this difficult area , trying to explain it to himself ; such a circular method of approach enabled him to rewrite again and again in a syncretic way , adding and extending without damaging the basic structure of the poem . |
| 3 | Y'know , instead of trying to explain it to people all the time . |
| 4 | The answer , as far as Lucy was concerned , was that she was a more fragile flower altogether , but if that was not obvious to Barlow there was no use in trying to explain it to him . |
| 5 | But just as I was trying to explain it to her , they repeated the telephone number , so I rang them up . |
| 6 | Let us imagine that Big Ted , having heard me talk about this point , is trying to explain it to Little Ted in the pub afterwards : |
| 7 | does n't quite understand it as well as you do and you 're trying to explain it to him . |