Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [to-vb] [pron] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | He deserved a much higher reputation and Rain wished she could trust Joseph to help him acquire one . |
2 | The right hon. Gentleman wants people to let him spend their money rather than spending it themselves . |
3 | You can then immediately make drills to help you pronounce them . |
4 | Having pinpointed a problem , then you make drills to help you master it . |
5 | This is no ordinary Museum — Not another Military Museum — Not a glass show case — it is a series of reconstructed scenes using movement , sound , lighting , smells , even smoke generators to make you feel you are actually there taking part . |
6 | And we would like people to let us know what they think . |
7 | Even chemicals that are broken down by different enzymes may ‘ compete ’ : some enzymes need substances known cofactors to help them do their work , so the two chemicals are ‘ competing ’ for cofactors , rather than for the enzymes themselves . |
8 | He has hired consultants to help him conduct his appeal . |
9 | She ought to phone Arnie to let him know she was back , but he was the last person she felt like speaking to right now . |
10 | Elvis had travelled back to the dawn of mankind and persuaded God to let him do it his way . |
11 | Throughout the course we were given tests to help us analyse our weaknesses as listeners . |
12 | ‘ Can you raise money to help me fend them off ? |
13 | Jonas bribes Slyme to let him kill himself to cheat the gallows . |
14 | The preceding text contains a simple message : parents take action to solve behaviour problems ; professionals take action to help them do it . |
15 | Egyptian sages had dream-manuals to help them make their interpretation , Joseph , by contrast , depends completely on God to make the meaning clear . |