Example sentences of "[conj] ask for help " in BNC.

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1 He had accosted her in a public place , and yet she had n't screamed , or run , or asked for help .
2 There is a lot to be learnt from standing back and observing the way a child plays with shape and form , but it may be that the child will want to talk about it afterwards , or ask for help to find particular shape materials as he works .
3 The driver is that , even though I am suffering , it adds merit to what I do — i.e. I will stand rather than sit , I will struggle through alone rather than ask for help .
4 But I had informed the police and asked for help even before the doorbell rang .
5 A mother may set out some crayons and paper or plasticine while she gets on with the ironing but she should expect to be interrupted and asked for help .
6 Last year , in response to a request from South Africa 's Bishop of Kimberley , three Carmelite nuns in Germany , knowing Darlington 's links with South Africa , contacted the convent and asked for help .
7 By clearing out this mind and asking for help from our mentor with our intuitive self , which is hidden inside us , we can progressively strengthen ourselves .
8 As this whole approach is to do with openness , its third part is to do with giving people information they need , with expressing your own thoughts and feelings and asking for help and advice when you need it .
9 The Anonymous Fellowships help sufferers to come to recognise that their problems lie primarily in their own perceptions and behaviour and that solutions lie in giving help to others and asking for help from them .
10 And , surely it 's about erm helping , I do n't know how you go about it but the illegality of it prevents people admitting it and asking for help , and taking erm any advice that people can give about using it safely .
11 So many of you have written in and asked for help with this game , I 've decided to print a few more hints ( thanks go to Richard Lupton , Mark Latham and Ewen Nicholson for this stuff ) .
12 On two occasions , I tried to talk to people and ask for help .
13 KNIGHTMARE — Give the old man food and water and ask for help .
14 Take him out and ask for help .
15 If you have any awful problems , write and ask for help , as we are always please to hear from you here a Machine Knitting Monthly .
16 The Committee decided to write to the Union leaders in Washington and ask for help .
17 They asked the Parish Council , therefore , to approach Wyre Borough and ask for help with tasks such as mowing etc .
18 Finding the car park empty , he was too embarrassed to go back to the pub and ask for help .
19 But instead of simply struggling in embarrassment they can turn to their advisers and ask for help : " What do I say now ? " ,
20 As they bargain they can now stop the drama and turn ( out of role ) to their peers and ask for help .
21 He seems to be very deeply in debt — so much so that he 's scared to come to you and ask for help .
22 Rather it is first like a hopeless drifting , a little apart from the world , afraid and unwilling to reach out and ask for help .
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