Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such information was not highly ‘ theoretical ’ but it helped build up an objective picture of the people who went to the theatres I studied and gave me a useful corrective to people who made sweeping generalizations such as ‘ the theatre is for everyone . ’ |
| 2 | Out of season they helped build up local defences by filling sandbags . |
| 3 | Last summer we initiated the loan exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge of the finest private German collection of Romantic and Nazarene Drawings which we advised and helped build up over the years , having bought for the collection on commission here at the London auctions major drawings like Koch 's ‘ The Schmadribachfall ’ , and Overbeck 's important preparatory study for his fresco at the Villa Massimo in Rome . |
| 4 | It helped make up the minds of waverers on the question of independence and it sent a signal about Serbian intentions to the outside world . |
| 5 | The British still believed themselves to retain ‘ shared values ’ which the debate over a national educational curriculum in the 1980s helped stimulate anew , as it had done in the French Third Republic after 1875 . |
| 6 | Her ‘ Tale of two orphans ’ focuses on two young African elephants — Ndume and Malaika — who she helped bring up when they were brought to Daphne Sheldrick 's sanctuary following the massacre of the rest of their herd by poachers . |
| 7 | The most noteworthy — established in 1953 and inspired by the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress — was the Spark , which helped bring together Indian , African , coloured and white opposition to apartheid . |
| 8 | The Local Government union NALGO calls it an infamous act of betrayal to Jamie Robertson , who helped bring in thousands of new jobs to the area following the closure of the railway works in the mid nineteen eightees . |
| 9 | ( And it was that lack of hits which probably helped bring about the suicides . ) |
| 10 | This is good news indeed and the students and families concerned are most grateful for all the support which helped bring about such a satisfactory outcome . |
| 11 | Among the book 's central allegations were claims that Mossad had ( i ) failed to inform the United States of prior intelligence concerning the October 1983 suicide bombing of the US Marine battalion headquarters in Beirut , the Lebanese capital [ see pp. 32646-47 ] ; ( ii ) established a secret spy network ( " A1 " ) in the USA ; ( iii ) helped bring about the dismissal of Andrew Young from his post of US representative at the UN in 1979 after secretly recording Young 's clandestine meetings with PLO officials [ see p. 29956 ] ; and ( iv ) caused the downfall of Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin in 1977 by exposing his wife 's illegal foreign currency bank account [ see p. 28533 ] . |
| 12 | And in November at the council he let see how much trust he was ever again likely to put in the little law-givers at Westminster . |
| 13 | A management group of specialists ( including representatives of the Countryside Council for Wales , Dyfed Wildlife Trust , Otter Project Wales and RSPB Wales ) helped draw up the initial conservation plan and now guides all aspects of the management and monitoring programme . |
| 14 | There 's an appetite for Mould , which helped sell out his two recent London shows with ease . |
| 15 | He let go then of every dignity but the dignity of defiance , and fought like a wild-cat , lashing and struggling and biting , wearing himself out uselessly in an effort that could gain him nothing . |
| 16 | At Benjamin 's urging I helped pick up a wooden chest . |
| 17 | During July , the entire area paid lasting tribute to an aircraft that helped open up not just this town , but hundreds like it all over Canada . |
| 18 | Big earners like John Barnes , Dean Saunders , Mark Wright , Ian Rush and Michael Thomas helped push up salaries by £2.2m . |
| 19 | After a dip caused by the 1981–83 recession , the publication of a definitive catalogue by Hans Nadelhofer helped push up prices , and by 1985 a the third ‘ Portico ’ mystery clock ( from an edition of six ) achieved a new world record of $400,000 for a Cartier piece . |
| 20 | Does not he feel that unwise comments such as those that he made do not help an already difficult situation ? |
| 21 | It has been argued that very few electors usually read them and that many of the commitments made do not enjoy widespread support among voters , even among those voting for the parties that issued them . |
| 22 | I did eat enough — if anything , too much . |
| 23 | She rarely attempted to create new routines but one idea she did think up had painful consequences . |
| 24 | Yeah , I did think here getting one , a tape , I often end up erm cutting the grass or something er get the Sunday extended news |
| 25 | I thought the half bottle of wine we left was symbolic of the extravagant life I was now entering , though I must admit it did go against the grain and I did think vaguely of ‘ bowser bottles ’ . |
| 26 | He said it would be politicise police forces and he said that this vote would be a momentous decision because it w th the Bill will do grievous damage to policing in this country and we must remove the repugnant decisions from the Bill , but I alw I did think actually that was fairly extravagant language . |
| 27 | I wish I did think so , but I do n't . ’ |
| 28 | The United States and Canada did experience more industrial unrest in the early seventies than in the fifties and sixties , and money wages rose faster . |
| 29 | It did explain so much . |
| 30 | Her indifference told him he had explained too much ( but maybe Canadians , or Winterbothams , did explain too much ) . |