Example sentences of "[verb] explain [prep] him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , if I were to try to explain to him the nature of my personal circumstances , he would be embarrassed . |
| 2 | But if someone asked me what the " oldest tree in the park " meant , or what " oak " meant , or what the meaning of the sentence as a whole was , I would have to explain to him the meaning of these expressions with the help of some other expressions which he could understand . |
| 3 | The deputy headmaster arrived on the scene and the headmaster proceeded to explain to him the cause of the fuss : |
| 4 | I would hate to have to explain to him the true state of affairs . |
| 5 | His father-in-law had given up trying to explain to him the different cuts of meat . |