Example sentences of "[pron] for help " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not recall an occasion when he asked me for help before . |
| 2 | They had come to me for help in extricating themselves from satanism because the high priest had insisted on performing the ‘ Act of Unity ’ with their fourteen-year-old daughter . |
| 3 | She came to rely on me for help and support and I am very , very upset . |
| 4 | Two or three years ago a friend of mine who is a publisher applied to me for help in dealing with a complaint from a man who had bought one of his cookery books . |
| 5 | You came to me for help , remember ? |
| 6 | Eventually it seemed it was only I who ever thought about that still , cold morning , recalling in my dreams that cry and that hand held out to me for help I could not , would not give , and the silence that followed Andy disappearing under the ice . |
| 7 | I 'd also write down everything important that happened over the years , so that students of history would come to me for help . |
| 8 | Sometimes the English Catholics write to me and ask me for help , and sometimes I write to them . |
| 9 | I betrayed your trust and I betray sick , helpless people who come to me for help , because I love you . ’ ‘ |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't bear anyone asking me for help . |
| 11 | ‘ Even if you had serious money problems you would n't come to me for help , would you ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ He came to me for help and those men murdered him ! |
| 13 | The one who I told you used to keep running to me for help . ’ |
| 14 | It is very important to keep our name and work in the public eye and if you know about a suitable event , but feel you can not cope with it yourself , please contact me for help . |
| 15 | When my Noble Friend was kind enough to say that he looked to me for help as being I think he said an ornament on the front bench , was n't quite certain whether that was supposed to be a compliment or not , but I thought an ornament or something that you that sat upon a er er er er er upon a shelf and looked pretty , but did n't actually do anything . |
| 16 | Believe it or not , when Charles approached me for help , I saw the attraction of a company specialising in producing beautiful things , which also cares about the people who produce them . ’ |
| 17 | NORMALLY I insist on using the names of people who contact me for help , but in this case I am making an exception . |
| 18 | The banks ' role in the economy is thus crucial , and this was underlined when Chancellor Kohl turned to them for help in rebuilding East Germany . |
| 19 | The Sports Council also provides speakers for pre-retirement courses in addition to its funding of local initiatives , so if you 'd like to start a sports project in your area , ask them for help ( address on page 156 ) . |
| 20 | The owners feel spurned , wondering why their cat has not come to them for help when it feels seriously ill . |
| 21 | ‘ It is important that your bank knows everything about your business so that if you have to go to them for help they are in the best position to five assistance . |
| 22 | The debt-counselling charities shoulder much of the burden ; here Citizens Advice Bureaux workers from all over Oxfordshire are themselves advised on what they should tell the desperate people who come to them for help because of spiralling debt . |
| 23 | Like , I 'd say to a young officer , maybe just out of the depot [ training centre ] , if a old lady calls you for assistance to her , you 're a police officer and she will look to you for help , ad we have to leave people with a certain level of satisfaction . |
| 24 | ‘ We are simply appealing to you for help in the case of my son , John . |
| 25 | I represent the 17th Waltham Forest Company of the Boys Brigade and am writing to you for help . |
| 26 | Therefore we turn to you for help in ways to make lightweight canoes in a cheap but very safe manner . |
| 27 | I must ask you for help — I have no one else ! |
| 28 | I 'd like to feel that I can rely on you for help . ’ |
| 29 | You can work in private practice where the clients are people who come to you for help ; or you can work for central or local government , the Magistrates ' Courts Service , or a commercial or industrial organisation , where the employer is your ‘ client ’ . |
| 30 | Perhaps Jahsaxa would not suspect Zambia would ask him for help . |