Example sentences of "[noun sg] help [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he persevered and now has three assistants from the students at the university helping him . |
| 2 | Mum helped me put my clothes in the drawer . |
| 3 | My mum helped me out a bit , but not everyone has parents who will help . |
| 4 | His Mum helped him to mash and peas . |
| 5 | A concentrated assessment helped us focus on teaching procedures and materials more effectively and the problems we uncovered could be tackled immediately as we had direct access to the Subject Assessor ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This broad sketch helped me to explore the crayon 's versatility without using the final painting as a trial piece , it also helped keep the whole composition in mind as I concentrated on a specific detail in the finished painting . |
| 8 | ( 19 ) The whisky helped me not to stagger under the blow . |
| 9 | Tawny Owl helped us to make things from other countries , such as heart decorations , Mexican weaving and raffia mats . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Beatrice was married now , with a family of her own , and because times were hard her sister helped her with surreptitious gifts of money ; and with clothes , toys , and treats for the children . |
| 12 | The taxi driver helped him upstairs ; he 'd been tipped most generously . |
| 13 | The macho driver helped us on and said , ‘ come on your three . ’ |
| 14 | I had a grand day at sea , but although the tide helped me to get back the wind did n't , and I used the engine to get back into the Crouch . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Silver and Buckthorn , with Bigwig helping them , had covered the retreat until , once all were together outside , they had taken to flight . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Some kinds of social need may not be met by the state because the groups involved are too small or too unpopular for politicians to be prepared to incur displeasure helping them alcoholics , drug addicts or battered women . |
| 19 | — 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I think attending an evening class in life drawing helped me overcome this hurdle . |
| 22 | I think attending an evening class in life drawing helped me overcome this hurdle . |
| 23 | This analogy helped us to see that our previous and unsuccessful requests to have a named social worker attached to the practice had been unrealistic . |
| 24 | This time the movement of the boat helped him , and Maurice rocked the whisky out in two curves , one for each glass . |
| 25 | An Anglo-Catholic priest helped me accept the desert experiences of prayer — no-one had ever told me , after an experience of personal renewal , to expect the stripping and refining that was not a falling from grace but a growth in it . |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | She hurried back to the dressing-tent , where her mummy helped her into her Gnome outfit , around which was swathed a broad white band on which was printed in big letters the Brownie Guide Motto , LEND A HAND . |
| 28 | The driver 's quick action helped him escape injury when Ian Hooker 's black Ford Escort car crashed into him in Marton Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 29 | The professor helped me very much , and other important scientists who were his friends helped me , too . |
| 30 | Bet you his parents and the girlfriend helped him out a bit with his decision — ‘ You join them Rovers or else ! ! ! ’ . |