Example sentences of "[verb] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even then the director had to make changes as the backers insisted that the story of an impoverished farmer galvanizing a group of the unemployed into helping make a success of things was combined with a more conventional sex angle . |
| 2 | ‘ Sayeth the protector — and pray God he may be a protector ! — that the king doth lack a playfellow ? ’ |
| 3 | The other officer was Gerhard Junack of the Bismarck 's engineering staff , who helped dispel a myth which had gained some credence in the Royal Navy that it was British torpedoes and shells exclusively that had sent the allegedly unsinkable Bismarck to the bottom . |
| 4 | A 96 helped salvage a draw at Sydney after Bradman 's 340 not out had taken NSW to 713 for 6 , and a 60 against Queensland and 87 against the strong 1928–29 MCC bowling raised his prospects . |
| 5 | The tale is slight ; a voyage on a luxury train during which a down-on-his-luck-but-permanently optimistic producer attempts to regain the services and the affections of the famous actress he helped become a star . |
| 6 | It was work completed in Alaska which helped provide a clue to the nature of the problem at BA-1 , explains head of production technology Lindsay Brown . |
| 7 | Michel Perie , the boisterous young Toulon prop whose domination of Pascal Ondarts helped provide a platform for his side 's victory , holds aloft the Championship trophy . |
| 8 | But the Moray Firth experiments were only possible after the naturalist Dr David Bellamy helped secure a donation from the Co-operative Wholesale Society . |
| 9 | Two CWMBRAN staff took part in a 24 hour sponsored famine which helped raise a total of £324 . |
| 10 | Passing over more innovative authors such as Lawrence Durrell or William Golding , it helped establish a sort of myth of the 1950s , to the effect that the complexities and indulgences of modernism had been sensibly rejected in favour of a thoroughgoing return to traditional , realist style , and to the true subject of the novel , class and social relations . |
| 11 | A COVENTRY schoolgirl who helped form a theatre company at the age of 14 and took a play to Russia on a 10-day tour two years later could soon be working at the National Theatre . |
| 12 | In the middle of his harrowing report he let slip a sentence , and we hear from that monster of objectivity inside every artist who sees everything as grist to the mill . |
| 13 | But anyway , we created that whole idea that no-one could photograph him , no-one could do do a story on him unless it was going to be a cover story , which was outrageous because he was virtually unknown in America . |
| 14 | The expense of the combined proceedings was enormous , and made divorce a luxury of the very rich . |
| 15 | Worried that the Colonel might leap into army talk for which he had neither the preparation nor the inclination , Hope let flow a hand and beckoned in all about them . |
| 16 | Their action let stand a decision by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond , Virginia , that property lost at sea can be abandoned only through the failure of insurers to appear in court or through a written statement relinquishing title . |
| 17 | On Nov. 26 the Supreme Court let stand a ban on " begging and panhandling " in New York City 's subway system . |
| 18 | High-technology adventurers may think twice before seeking sunken treasure after the US Supreme Court let stand a ruling that insurance companies have a claim on the booty . |
| 19 | He broke off as Jim Miller let go a Indian whoop of relief and delighted grins spread across the faces of everyone in the group . |
| 20 | I let go a lungful of air , slumped back against the parapet and lit another Capstan . |
| 21 | There is an ormolu chandelier , said to have come from Versailles , a circular marble-top table made form a section of a pillar from St Peter 's , Rome , some Chippendale and Hepplewhite pieces , and paintings by Dutch , Italian and French artists . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , you let slip a word about it , ’ said Mervyn , ‘ something about making two dozen sausage rolls , so we thought we 'd come along . ’ |
| 23 | No sooner had the door closed than Mona , released from the tension of his presence , let slip a plate from her hands . |
| 24 | So this afternoon 's news that Paul Getty is prepared to give a million pounds to help construct a building to house the mediaeval map and chained library has presented the townfolk here with yet another opportunity of keeping their heritage intact . |
| 25 | The leader needs to encourage participation , to build on staff strengths , to help evolve a vision amongst staff -s remains the primary challenge of leadership , and the vision requires the building of quality in a participatory enterprise ? . |
| 26 | He may , for example , be aiming to help facilitate a patient 's grief reaction after a loss , such as the break-up of his marriage . |
| 27 | Any decorator asked to help design a room for a client would start by asking certain obvious questions . |
| 28 | Youngsters will be able to help make a butterfly mural , models , kites and a butterfly theatre . |
| 29 | Youngsters will be able to help make a butterfly mural , models , kites and a butterfly theatre . |
| 30 | Consequently , to test this viewpoint three educationalists and two consultants helped prepare a questionnaire asking 28 questions under four headings : professional details of the consultants ; their present arrangements for training preregistration house officers ; their assessment of the effectiveness of this training ; and their view of the help required for implementing the new recommendations . |