Example sentences of "[noun prp] for help " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned to William Goldman for help . |
| 2 | Just a walk in those woods , a move closer to the edge to peer down and enjoy the full Lake Tourist sensation of Beauty in Horror , a lost footing , a clutching at Mr Crump for help , a swinging of Mr Crump around , a letting of Mr Crump go down , down , down into one of the most favoured of the Lake Tourists ' sites . |
| 3 | The government in January 1990 gave up its attempt to join the Union monétaire ouest africaine ( UMOA ) , whose members ' currencies were linked to the French franc , and decided to turn to Portugal for help to make its currency convertible . |
| 4 | PREMIER John Major is so worried this weekend 's EC summit will end in disaster he has called on bitter enemy Francois Mitterrand for help . |
| 5 | According to the defendants ' version of events , a women had approached Khmara for help , claiming that a man had attacked her ; Khmara and his companions then tried to make a citizen 's arrest on the man , unaware that he was a KGB officer . |
| 6 | She 'd have asked David for help . |
| 7 | I hunted high and low for reference material about machine knitting ; I wrote back to the States for help . |
| 8 | : The IMF signs 98 agreements with developing countries , including all the big debtor countries which have come to Washington for help . |
| 9 | China has rejected an appeal from Kazakhstan for help in cleaning up an area of Kazakh territory adjacent to China 's Lop Nor nuclear test site . |
| 10 | Unable to cope alone , the Spartans called on Athens for help . |
| 11 | In Egypt the rebel leader was Inaros , a Libyan chieftain , who applied ( ? 460 ) to Athens for help . |
| 12 | She took one last glance at the window above to see Maria Luisa with her palms flat against the window-pane , desperately , mutely pleading with Ruth for help with eyes so full of pain that Ruth 's nerves nearly snapped . |
| 13 | We thank all the VAST field , laboratory , computer centre , and administrative staff , especially Mr Martin Adjuik , Mr Azumah Amidini , Mr J Kwabena Badu , Ms Margaret Gyapong , Mr Eric Kasise , Mr Ogyebre Owusu-Agyei , and Mr David Pendlebury ; the population of Kassena-Nankana District and their leaders ; the Regional and District Administration and Health Services ; Dr Moses Adibo and Dr Sam Adjei , ( Ministry of Health of Ghana ) for support and encouragement ; Prof Patrick Vaughan and other colleagues at the LSHTM for support and advice ; Ms Nina Saroi for administrative and secretarial support in London ; Dr Sandra Saenz de Tejada and the WHO-ARI Programme for preliminary study of local concepts and terminology of illness ; Ms Gilly Maude for the randomisation and interim analysis ; Ms Sharon Huttly , Mr Ben Amenuvegbe , and the late Mr Steve Tulloch for helping to design the data management system ; Dr Hazel Inskip and Mr Jerry Wheeler for advice on data processing ; Ms Penny Fennell for help with the training of the computing and secretarial staff ; Ms Rebecca Abbott and Dr Suzanne Filteau ( Institute of Child Health , London ) for measuring serum retinol ; Dr Andy Hall for helping to code the cause of death questionnaires ; and the members of the data monitoring committee for reviewing the interim results . |
| 14 | Damory and Audley , the husbands of the other two co-heiresses , were vulnerable to Despenser 's expansionism and in the early months of 1321 they and the other marchers turned to Lancaster for help . |
| 15 | They look to the local officer , Juan Vargas for help and advice . |
| 16 | Other countries are now asking Burma for help : our great neighbour India particularly is going to be in sore need . |
| 17 | The Tesdale teachers and parents have asked Abingdon MP John Patten for help . |
| 18 | The project began when Woodway School 's head of biology , , asked Courtaulds for help in designing a bio-reactor which would emulate industrial models but at low cost . |
| 19 | He looked towards Tom for help . |
| 20 | He did not have the military power to offer protection to Englishmen overseas ; if the Spanish from the south were to attack English colonies , they would have to defend themselves or rely on English diplomacy , because Charles could send neither ships nor troops across the Atlantic for help . |
| 21 | It is advisable for the claimant to take along one written estimate for the funeral before the arrangements are made , in order to ensure that the cost will be met by the DSS , but a bill can be taken after the funeral to the DSS for help . |
| 22 | ‘ Why did she turn to Elisha for help ? ’ ; |
| 23 | Children ring ChildLine for help with many different problems , although the largest categories are sexual abuse and physical abuse . |
| 24 | Mrs Brown has been lobbying her MP the Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd for help , even to the extent of standing against him in the recent general election . |
| 25 | The same problem of faith that sees God as too small shows up in the attitudes of those who approached Jesus for help . |
| 26 | A leper begged Jesus for help : ‘ If only you will , ’ said the man , ‘ you can cleanse me . ’ |
| 27 | With few exceptions , they have turned to the TNCs for help in this daunting task . |
| 28 | The Cadillac Automobile Company was formed in 902 out of the remnants of one of Henry Ford 's early attempts at building cars , and the company 's backers turned to Leland for help . |
| 29 | Whaling communities in the Faroe Islands have approached Greenpeace for help over growing marine pollution , which they claim is making locally-killed pilot whales inedible . |
| 30 | The Popes appealed to the Franks for help and they responded by invading Lombardy to administer a sharp lesson . |