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Example sentences for "this they"

  • This they announced as the chief of the belligerent village, but as a great pacificator.

  • This they presumed to have been made by another band of Crows, who had probably been hunting lower down on the Spanish River.

  • This they accomplish by taking advantage of every crevice and knob on the face of the cliff, so that we have the three boats together at a point a few yards above the falls.

  • This they do, gaining the wall on our side just above where the "Emma Dean" is tied.

  • This they refuse to do, saying they have no fear but that they can get something to eat; but Billy, the cook, has a pan of biscuits prepared for dinner, and these he leaves on a rock.

  • In this they were to do most of their fishing, their host declared.

  • Mr. Griggs insisted upon their going to his home with him for breakfast, and to this they consented as soon as they found he had made full arrangements for having some British workmen at the garrison refill the Sky-Bird's tanks.

  • This they promised me, and departed with many sighs.

  • This they promised to do, and I then went home sorely troubled, where I soon learned that she was somewhat better; thus it still is sure that Satan hates nothing so much, after the Lord Jesus, as the servants of the Gospel.

  • This they did, but the prayer would not come.

  • This they called herairemy; and informed us, that the fruit was an offering to their god, which makes it agree exactly with the whatta of Otaheite.

  • At this they were so much staggered, that they plainly discovered their ignorance of the effect of fire-arms.

  • This they succeeded in doing by catching them unawares, and they inflicted very great cruelties even upon the Spanish women and upon their slaves, both male and female.

  • This they sold, at the same time offering to come again this year with some vessels, and very early.

  • This they did, and he put the needles in a little box.

  • This they continued to do until they received the rules governing the Confraternity in the city of Lisboa, where it was first established.

  • In this they succeeded, and though their story was received with disapprobation, they soon made a place for themselves.

  • A carpenter from Wittenberg, Vollmar by name, who was attracted to them, requested permission to go to Georgia with them, although not at their expense, and to this they agreed.

  • As a consequence of this they strive to obtain increased social estimation by a ridiculously strict observance of the rules of ceremonial purity.

  • This they refused to do on account of the sin involved, and hence were exiled and came to the Central Provinces.

  • In explanation of this they tell a story to the effect that the married couple were formerly carried in a palanquin.

  • This they did as a sacrifice, that a safe passage might be accorded them.

  • This they will do, because clearly much advantage will accrue to the islanders thereby, by the lowering of the price of the merchandise in Manila and a rise in Mexico.

  • This they do in order not to abandon their encomiendas, and thus they are nearer the latter for their needs and for collections.

  • This they do easily, for, when the moon is in the crescent, they hunt the cats with nets, and capture many of them.

  • Of this they gave no part to the murderer, even though he was a chief.

  • Then they cut off head, arms, and legs, and cut out the heart; this they minced up, and endeavoured to force the other prisoners to eat it.

  • In consequence of this they ate up all their maize.

  • To this they answered, that these things might be, but it was the custom of this country for every stranger who had speech of the king to make him a present in proportion to the greatness of his rank.

  • To this they answered in the affirmative; and they likewise stated to me the conditions on which any one would be allowed to make the adventure.

  • This they refused to take, whereupon they were driven on board ships at the point of the bayonet and carried off and distributed among the colonies.

  • In this they seem to have confounded two things which are dissimilar, namely, a vessel driven through water, and a vessel floating in air.

  • This they did, and appeared to be awaiting further orders from their chief, who had gone up towards the tents.

  • This they did, and, as before, a few of them landed to explore the country, but there was not much to take note of.

  • In the middle of this they made a dart at the group so sudden and swift that Hake managed to overturn Flatface with a tremendous buffet, and Heika did the same to his second in command with an energetic cuff.

  • This they set by for their use, and it will keep as long as they please.

  • This they drink, and it purgeth very well.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "this they" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    public relations; this action; this afternoon; this also; this arrangement; this bill; this case; this city; this direction; this feeling; this form; this head; this instant; this latter; this month; this people; this period; this piece; this plant; this practice; this province; this region; this series; this unexpected; this will; this wonderful