I have guests in my office, and no leisure at present for long explanations.

I see I'm not going to get out of this one easily and brace myself for a long explanation.

In the course of a long explanation, whose beginning I had missed.

A long explanation will not make them grow any less.

It would be best if someone came with me so that I don't have to go into long explanations.

There was obviously a long explanation on the other end of the phone.

"At the moment, I don't want a long explanation how this all happened," he said in a tired voice.

It would take a long and complicated explanation to say why.

We had a long explanation and it all ended in his having me on my husband's bed!

Relieved, I started into a long explanation and asked if she would mind telling the person with me about various things in the store.