Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb mod] help [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wo n't you please bring a bit of comfort and cheerfulness into my life " Well , " said the Dawn Maiden , " for three days you have spared my fishes , so I will help you . |
| 2 | All right : let's go and see if I can help them get in . |
| 3 | Fair enough , well if I can help him in any way by talking to him , it 's not a case of who wins and who loses , we all lose . |
| 4 | ‘ Not if I can help it . |
| 5 | — Not if I can help it , they 're not . |
| 6 | ‘ Not to worry ’ said Alice , ‘ at least my mother will be pleased , but she 'll not be a skater if I can help it . ’ |
| 7 | I do n't want to throw it away if I can help it . |
| 8 | ‘ Not if I can help it , ’ he replied , grimly . |
| 9 | PAMELA : [ calling after him ] It sha n't alter sir , it sha n't if I can help it . |
| 10 | ‘ Not if I can help it . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't want to waste any more time if I can help it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Not if I can help it . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I brought them over yesterday and George let me have a couple of boxes for the night but I do n't want to leave them over another night if I can help it . |
| 14 | ‘ Not if I can help it ! ’ |
| 15 | And er if I can help it I 've got to erm do me best to stop that happening . |
| 16 | Nest of perverts , so they tell me , I wo n't have 'em in my service if I can help it . |
| 17 | ‘ Not if I can help it . |
| 18 | Not if I can help it . |
| 19 | Do not hesitate to contact me if I can help you personally . |
| 20 | So , if I can help you again , please tell me . |
| 21 | Now that you 're in trouble I want to help you , you 've got children , I 've got children , I know what the position is , tell me what you got into and see if I can help you out . |
| 22 | If I can help you in any way , can I help you do the dishes ? |
| 23 | Remind me if I can help you . |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Some months ago a gang of local youngsters asked if I could help them in this direction . |
| 28 | I would n't give him the time of day if I could help it . |
| 29 | No cos I will help you . |
| 30 | 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 ? |