Example sentences of "[noun] help him " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've spent hours and hours and MORE hours helping him to learn to read … ’ |
| 2 | But he persevered and now has three assistants from the students at the university helping him . |
| 3 | His Mum helped him to mash and peas . |
| 4 | Ricky was not long out of the navy , training as a body builder , doing carpentry , and also working on the door at clubs , as he was saving for a motor bike which Minton helped him to buy . |
| 5 | Mr Brown is parading this tacit Jackson support in an effort to draw blacks away from Mr Bill Clinton , the Democrats ' front-runner whose solid black support helped him to big victories in the South and Mid-West . |
| 6 | Wiping the old man 's mouth on a facecloth , Trent helped him to his feet . |
| 7 | Gary helped him with his chemistry and deserves much of the credit for the good grades William got in tests when he got back ( the teachers were amazed ! ) . |
| 8 | He stood out among them not only because he had a surer command of his people at home , but also because Cuba is where it is , so the Russians helped him much more than the rest . |
| 9 | His funeral took place during the First Test at Trent Bridge , with South Africa the tourists : play was halted as a tribute to the man whose valet helped him to contrive county cricket 's most amazing victory . |
| 10 | The taxi driver helped him upstairs ; he 'd been tipped most generously . |
| 11 | Colberg galled him most — the officer 's gentlemanly aplomb helping him to swim like an eel under and between the weapons of a thousand angry people . |
| 12 | Mr. Gilberd agreed to the transaction , the defendant paid the cheque into the bank , and a few days later Ballay took possession of the goods , the defendant helping him to load them into his vehicle . |
| 13 | I took Sir Ralph to the top of the stairs into the North Bastion tower but the passageway was so narrow Colebrooke helped him the rest of the way . ’ |
| 14 | — Like Mrs Plews , Mr Jim Tomlinson , of Richmond , found the study helped him in his work as a teacher at Risedale School , Hipswell , Catterick Garrison . |
| 15 | Yet if Richard Armstrong was writing according to a tried formula , concrete detail and well-conceived plots and the firm line of his character drawing helped him to achieve a special , moderate , even low- keyed reality in his books . |
| 16 | This time the movement of the boat helped him , and Maurice rocked the whisky out in two curves , one for each glass . |
| 17 | Epitot helped him to his feet . |
| 18 | What happened next , was done by a child ‘ who had suffered years of subtle torture at the hands of a madman whose twisted mind helped him justify all his crimes ’ . |
| 19 | The driver 's quick action helped him escape injury when Ian Hooker 's black Ford Escort car crashed into him in Marton Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 20 | Pion helped him drag the pot towards the hatch . |
| 21 | Bet you his parents and the girlfriend helped him out a bit with his decision — ‘ You join them Rovers or else ! ! ! ’ . |
| 22 | His father was a tailor and for some years the young Steen helped him in his business . |
| 23 | He had of course his grasp of military and diplomatic practice to help him ; and he was firmly convinced that the Roman constitution was open to analysis in Greek terms . |
| 24 | Unfortunately though , he became too domesticated and did n't have a fear of humans so he was put on a programme to help him adjust to the wild . |
| 25 | Yeremi found himself thinking passionately of that anonymous slave abandoned in the pitch-dark tube , with none of the superhuman muscle power of a Scout to help him , and fetters to mock his efforts . |
| 26 | From that it was just a short step to encouraging the animals to help him hunt , no doubt a piece of teamwork from which both benefited . |
| 27 | Failure to bring about the defection would mean certain imprisonment , possibly death , for if he did not bring matters to a successful conclusion , Manville and his colleagues would not make the slightest attempt to help him . |
| 28 | He seemed at a loss for words , and Ward made no attempt to help him . |
| 29 | The woman sitting at the table made no attempt to help him . |
| 30 | They had to walk right past the tramp to enter the church and they made absolutely no attempt to help him in any way . |