Example sentences of "it [vb -s] them [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It gets them off the hook , ’ explains one psychotherapist . |
| 2 | At least it keeps them from the dangers which await them on the streets . |
| 3 | It takes them to the limits of physical endurance , then asks for more . |
| 4 | A vital win for Oxford it takes them off the bottom . |
| 5 | ‘ They have to be tougher than the average kid , I do n't like losers , but once they 're into boxing it takes them off the streets , away from the drugs and alcohol , ’ said Lol , 57 . |
| 6 | He wrote that it was ‘ not cruel to animals but , rather , indulgent to men … since it absolves them of the suspicion of crime when they eat or kill animals ’ . |
| 7 | But to go to the other extreme and elevate people suffering from such abnormalities into a norm for society not only threatens society but is dangerous to the individuals themselves , since it excludes them from the consideration of help and treatment . |
| 8 | The flute adds brightness to oboe , clarinet , bassoon , and horn when it doubles them at the octave . |
| 9 | I think it 's unfair to anybody to show up with a tape recorder and ask them on the spot cos it puts them on the spot . |
| 10 | It 's too thin , it 's too sharp , it 's better than it looks on the telly , it reminds them of the wife , it gets right up their nose , etc. etc . |
| 11 | The EEC 's attitude is somewhat baffling to the Višegrad trade negotiators : it lectures them on the merits of free trade , while closing its own markets . |
| 12 | It provides them with the chance to be ‘ centre stage ’ and thus profoundly influence the delivery of care to mentally disordered people , and voluntary organizations have the additional advantage that they need only expand at their own pace , developing those areas which they know have the greatest need . |