Example sentences of "this [verb] them [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If mothers receive a benefit which they are expected and indeed do spend to service the needs of their families , then this re-confirms them as the day-to-day managers of household finances , which for millions of women is not only a chore but also a source of considerable anxiety ( McClelland , 1982 ) . |
| 2 | This involves them in the same difficulties as those faced , or evaded , by psychologists . |
| 3 | The prosecution alleges this links them with the 3 lorry attacks . |
| 4 | They abandoned the ride and walked instead in the shade of the trees beside the track , but although this protected them from the sun 's rays the leaden heat was everywhere and there was no escaping it . |
| 5 | This distinguishes them from the state agencies that provide health , education or other services on the basis of bureaucratic criteria such as need and entitlement , rather than as commodities to be bought and sold in the market . |
| 6 | This brought them into the Merse by the fairly empty country of Nenthorn and Stichill . |
| 7 | This puts them on the same footing as European growers after earlier anger and allegations that Ministry of Agriculture officials had agreed terms that disadvantaged UK grain growers . |
| 8 | This puts them in the international master category , with the equivalent of a fide rating of 2000 . |
| 9 | This left them in the ludicrous position of having to claim that , out of loyalty to their sovereign lady , they were embattled against their sovereign lady 's mother . |
| 10 | This maintains them within the layer of plant plankton upon which they feed . |
| 11 | This carried them to the Plain of Finuval where the shattered remnants of the Elf armies were assembling for a desperate last stand . |