Example sentences of "call for help " in BNC.

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1 I held on to her and called for help . ’
2 Eventually he struggled free , ran to his car and called for help .
3 Police called for help but the prisoner was certified dead at the scene .
4 The time was now about nine-thirty , and I must have looked ghastly , for a young nurse who popped in with a set of pyjamas sized up the situation in a second and popped out again , running down the corridor calling for help .
5 Even though the plight of those two climbers should have released me from my fear of calling for help on behalf of others , I 'm still wary unless I come across someone whose legs are a few hundred yards from their body .
6 Well , someone was calling for help , and she , Deborah Dawson , might be the only person to hear that call ; so she had to answer it .
7 Calling for help from radar , all we could raise was Alexandria , and they had no radar .
8 The inhabitants were on the upper floors calling for help but , before anything could be done for them , the houses disintegrated and the people were all lost in the flood .
9 He stopped his patrol car to investigate and Vernage simply slaughtered him in the street , cutting off his police radio to stop him calling for help .
10 She was stabbed three times , but pursued the man for 50 yards , calling for help on her radio , before she collapsed .
11 The smaller man writhed on the ground in authentic agony , screaming and calling for help as the two bigger men pounded him with their feet and fists — an expert job , I must say .
12 I could hear people groaning and calling for help . ’
13 TODDLER Peter Marriott saved his father 's life by calling for help on a CB radio .
14 But he managed to speed out of the line of fire and drove a mile before calling for help .
15 Before 1992 a lone rescuer was advised to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation for some time before calling for help .
16 The prosecution say David Nock was the first of the running men , he 'd already been stabbed and collapsed outside a nearby nightclub calling for help .
17 As the schoolchildren learnt there would no school for a week , the police were calling for help in their search for the aronsists .
18 I am pleased that when it came to the crunch I tried to help the people calling for help instead of thinking about what might happen .
19 ‘ Then I met this American in Paris called Skyler Hamilton who Pavarotti calls for help when he has a singing problem .
20 He said the men had not made any radio calls for help .
21 Should he call for help ?
22 The real value of a key deposited with a neighbour comes when you are ill or incapacitated and can only call for help or reach the phone , but not reach the front door .
23 There was no way they could call for help if any of them fell ill .
24 He can swing a punch , which would give me pleasure , or he can call for help , which will give me warning , or , as he is doing , he can cower against the wall .
25 ‘ Please go , ’ Alexandra said , fielding the lion as he plunged at her , ‘ I 'll call for help if I need it .
26 She was murdered before she could call for help .
27 He explains how he felt a tingling sensation down his left-hand side but did not immediately call for help .
28 The Health and Safety Commission also called for help from business , particularly small firms , ‘ for whom Government regulation — if there is no proper advice and assistance — can sometimes seem to be a particularly heavy burden ’ , said its chairman , .
29 Kathleen called for help and ran to meet him .
30 These enable you to call for help from anywhere in your house or flat .
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