Example sentences of "to them [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like virgins to the sacrificial altar , they followed Molly Malone to the place where it all happened ; where Wrens must learn to live in a men 's world because now the war was nearer to them than it had ever been . |
| 2 | I am speaking now of its Belgrade side , of the old men in the Academy who wished to complete Serb history because it seemed to them that it had not been properly completed back in 1918 . |
| 3 | To blind a lamb or blind an eagle ; all the same to them if it left them with defenceless prey to kill . |
| 4 | Discourse treats the rules of grammar as a resource , conforming to them when it needs to , but departing from them when it does not . |
| 5 | The majority of men say that sex makes no difference to them when it comes to choosing a doctor , surgeon , lawyer , MP or boss . |
| 6 | It 's important to them because it proves where they are in life , they do n't want to stay like where their parents were , they want to prove . |
| 7 | For the O level people and those who just wanted to work , mucking around was seen to be unfair both to them because it held them back and to the teachers : here they interpret ‘ mucking about ’ wholly within the official theory of schooling . |
| 8 | The ERPS team are very fortunate that this facility is available to them because it has enabled the reconstruction work to be undertaken more efficiently . |