Example sentences of "describe to [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He described to me the glen in a storm — the darkness that mantles it , the springing into life of untold hosts of runlets , the careering in mad fury of the burns as they break through and tower above the channel wherein they are wont to flow ; the showers , the careering of the clouds , the thunderings and the lightning-flashings , and the artillery of the winds , as the air-gusts meet the peaks and explode in the hollows of the darksome corries . |
| 2 | I ca n't describe to you the agony of being told — and then having no means by which to find out … |
| 3 | I could try and describe to you the expression in my eyes at this moment ; but they are far too discoloured with rage . |
| 4 | She made no pretence of great musical knowledge and I had the satisfaction of describing to her the plot of L'Elisir d'Amore when no one else present in the Covent Garden box could remember it . |
| 5 | I myself had never witnessed a stoning , but Omar had done so on three occasions and had taken great delight in describing to us the fate that awaited weak women who did not carefully guard their honour which was so prized by their men . |
| 6 | Prabhaben , a woman in her thirties , described to me the conditions at the laundry where she works . |
| 7 | When our time there coincided , it avoided friction such as the weekend when Nigel returned and described to me the site where some new tunnelling had started . |