Example sentences of "[subord] i could help [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On many a winter morning I jumped out of bed and put a letter of his in the fire , feeling it would be wrong to allow it to survive ; and when some years ago I was asked by a distinguished man of letters if I could help him to write an account of Maurice |
| 2 | A year beforehand , Chudnovsky , who was a collector from Leningrad , and a very well-known one , had been to see me and asked if I could help him . |
| 3 | If I could help him — and , after all , he was only doing the job we paid him to do , was n't he ? — ; then it would be a personal shot at redemption on my part . |
| 4 | Some months ago a gang of local youngsters asked if I could help them in this direction . |
| 5 | I would n't give him the time of day if I could help it . |
| 6 | While I was sitting there , sipping my glass of hot , sweet Indian tea , I was approached by a shifty-looking man who asked me whether I could help him ; he had seen me with my camera ; could I help him mend his ? |
| 7 | She asked me whether I could help her to remember the events of that dreadful night . |