Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] for help " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked towards Tom for help . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course , it is not known who the kidnappers of Mr McCarthy are , so we are interested to know why you came to the Government of Iran for help . ’ |
| 3 | Stephen owed his election as ban in 1322 to the Bogomils , but after he had been persuaded by the Hungarian king to submit to Rome , the Bogomils looked to Tsar Dušan of Serbia for help . |
| 4 | She took one last glance at the window above to see Maria Luisa with her palms flat against the window-pane , desperately , mutely pleading with Ruth for help with eyes so full of pain that Ruth 's nerves nearly snapped . |
| 5 | China has rejected an appeal from Kazakhstan for help in cleaning up an area of Kazakh territory adjacent to China 's Lop Nor nuclear test site . |
| 6 | The government in January 1990 gave up its attempt to join the Union monétaire ouest africaine ( UMOA ) , whose members ' currencies were linked to the French franc , and decided to turn to Portugal for help to make its currency convertible . |
| 7 | Unable to cope alone , the Spartans called on Athens for help . |
| 8 | In Egypt the rebel leader was Inaros , a Libyan chieftain , who applied ( ? 460 ) to Athens for help . |
| 9 | : The IMF signs 98 agreements with developing countries , including all the big debtor countries which have come to Washington for help . |
| 10 | ‘ Why did she turn to Elisha for help ? ’ ; |
| 11 | Damory and Audley , the husbands of the other two co-heiresses , were vulnerable to Despenser 's expansionism and in the early months of 1321 they and the other marchers turned to Lancaster for help . |
| 12 | It was returned to the company but when they needed Mrs Dibble 's carriage as well , she turned to Lena for help . |
| 13 | The Cadillac Automobile Company was formed in 902 out of the remnants of one of Henry Ford 's early attempts at building cars , and the company 's backers turned to Leland for help . |
| 14 | And the Bush administration was confirmed in this judgment when , after it had refused to recognize his military government , Aoun turned to Iraq for help against the Syrians and the ultra-right Christian militias . |
| 15 | Koreans who had formerly looked to Japan for help against a conservative , autocratic government and for encouragement to ‘ modernize ’ now found themselves subordinated to those self same Japanese , deprived of an independent voice . |
| 16 | THE WORLD 'S leading space explorers are looking to Europe for help in probing new corners of the Solar System over the next two decades . |
| 17 | During the year , the Institute 's international role continued to expand , as more countries turned to Britain for help with their systems of education . |
| 18 | They put their trust in a military solution to right the wrong that had been done in 1688 , and looked to France for help . |
| 19 | When a large Turkish force invested the castle at Klis in 1536 , Kružić appealed to Ferdinand for help , but the Emperor 's attention was diverted by a Turkish invasion into Slavonia and he was unable to prevent the surrender of the garrison . |
| 20 | But before they reached the other side , Caesar cried out to Cassius for help , so Cassius had to carry him to safety . |
| 21 | Lykophron turned to Sparta for help . |
| 22 | In 1472 , for instance , Robert Bolling of Bradford turned to Gloucester for help in achieving the restoration of his land . |
| 23 | In 1472 , for instance , Robert Bolling of Bradford turned to Gloucester for help in achieving the restoration of his land . |
| 24 | Phoebe looked to Rachel for help , and Rachel was frightened . |
| 25 | Even after the murder of Thomas Becket in his own cathedral on 29 December 1170 , there were churches in Aquitaine which still turned to Henry for help and protection . |