Example sentences of "[vb infin] for help " in BNC.
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1 | If you are not receiving Housing Benefit at the moment , but because you are on a low income you feel that you may qualify for help , please apply to the Council now . |
2 | The rules are inconsistent because , for example , pensioners are automatically exempt from prescription charges but will qualify for help with other charges only if they have low incomes . |
3 | The King must wait for help while I fought his enemies . |
4 | Yet the alternative , to sit and wait for help that might never arrive , was terrifying . |
5 | Then you can signal for help in the approved method , raising and lowering your arms slowly . |
6 | Where might we look for help in a critical offensive ? |
7 | Part of him was coldly aware of the bulge in Doyle 's pocket — the gun which had made sure he would not scream and beg for help . |
8 | Like his people , the Somalian President can only beg for help . |
9 | You can apply for help through the supplementary pension ( income support after April 1988 ) and housing benefit systems . |
10 | If you own your own home , you can apply for help with your rates . |
11 | This group are not currently paying rent or rates to a private landlord or the Council , so can not currently apply for help . |
12 | One major problem is that many people simply do not recognise that they are carers , and do not apply for help . |
13 | Should he call for help ? |
14 | 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 . |
15 | There was no way they could call for help if any of them fell ill . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | ‘ Please go , ’ Alexandra said , fielding the lion as he plunged at her , ‘ I 'll call for help if I need it . |
18 | She was murdered before she could call for help . |
19 | He explains how he felt a tingling sensation down his left-hand side but did not immediately call for help . |
20 | Dealing with resuscitation , it instructs ( p 32 ) : ‘ If the casualty 's breathing and pulse [ its italics ] have stopped , you must first phone for help , then [ my italics ] combine artificial ventilation with chest compression . ’ |
21 | It is extremely gratifying to know that we will have a knowledgeable and committed environmentalist in the House of Lords on whom we can rely for help whenever the need arises . |
22 | Eb could not scream for help , because his jaws were gagged with a handful of dirty cotton-waste , and every time he slipped on the wet paving-stones , they hauled him back to his feet with a blow and a curse , dragging him with them . |
23 | ‘ We 'd better go for help ! ’ she cried . |
24 | What we envisage is somewhere open and staffed 24 hours a day , seven days a week , where anybody can come for help and advice . |
25 | The congregation , as the Friends of the Holy Name , contacted SAVE for help . |
26 | Ken believed in a supreme being , but said he would never pray for help if he got into trouble . |
27 | Always , the best thing to do is to run and shout for help , before attempting anything else . |
28 | I 'll shout for help . ’ |
29 | The driver is that , even though I am suffering , it adds merit to what I do — i.e. I will stand rather than sit , I will struggle through alone rather than ask for help . |
30 | Rather it is first like a hopeless drifting , a little apart from the world , afraid and unwilling to reach out and ask for help . |