Example sentences of "ask for help " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sultan , who had treaty relations with Britain , asked for help . |
| 2 | But I had informed the police and asked for help even before the doorbell rang . |
| 3 | Penny asked for help but could n't bring herself to explain the cause of her depression . |
| 4 | A mother asked for help in rescuing her fourteen-year-old daughter from a coven . |
| 5 | In spite of his bitter criticism of his father , he still asked for help from him . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They stood by while the policeman asked for help as he was being punched . ’ |
| 8 | At about 0500 on 18 October 1990 Ballycastle was under severe threat from rising flood water and Fire Brigade Headquarters asked for help in evacuating people stranded in the area . |
| 9 | If students asked for help too often , marks were deducted . |
| 10 | So I asked for help ; I did n't like doing it but it seemed necessary . |
| 11 | He had accosted her in a public place , and yet she had n't screamed , or run , or asked for help . |
| 12 | I could have gone to the authorities , he thought , asked for help . |
| 13 | The way I look at it is this : I asked for help , and they gave it . |
| 14 | Of 1200 families who asked for help in 1991 , 56 percent of marriages are breaking down , 55 percent are depressed , 39 percent are drinking too much , and one in five is abusing their partner . |
| 15 | The Prince of Wales asked for help |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Before kiln operator Steve Kelly died at 55 , he asked for help to be given to the team of Macmillan nurses who cared for him in his last months . |
| 18 | Rosslyn realised that the horse was asking for help , and that his manners had n't just experienced a mysterious and miraculous change for the better during the course of the day ! |
| 19 | The one who suffers is asking for help . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It 's no use blowing a whistle asking for help , if you know the policeman is a couple of miles away . |
| 22 | Two policemen were standing across the way and when the attack began John 's girlfriend rushed to the police asking for help . |
| 23 | In 1095 ( after previous diplomatic exchanges at a less exalted level ) pope Urban received an embassy from the Emperor Alexius Comnenus , asking for help in recruiting mercenaries . |
| 24 | In marital therapy it is often noticeable that although a couple are asking for help to sort out their problem , so that they may have the closeness and intimacy for which they yearn , fear overcomes hope , and whenever things start to improve one of them can be relied upon to start up the next quarrel . |
| 25 | His housemaster wrote to Lord Baldwin asking for help , which led to an extra £150 per annum towards Georg 's keep . |
| 26 | Faint appeal touched her expression as if she was asking for help . |
| 27 | Mrs Kelsall has received over 400 letters asking for help since she began the project , and they are still arriving . |
| 28 | Before she went she shared with the fellowship group a vision the Lord had given her that she would meet a group of Christians who were asking for help with teaching and counselling . |
| 29 | Fear of asking for help |
| 30 | 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 . |