Example sentences of "helped build " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farther into the light at gallery level are sculptures of those who helped build the cathedral : Charles IV , his mother , his third and fourth wives and his son , the two architects including the self-portrait of Peter Parler , the master masons and three archbishops . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | Out of season they helped build up local defences by filling sandbags . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The first school he helped build at Khumjung in 1961 started with 40 pupils and one teacher — it now has 400 pupils and 17 teachers . |
| 6 | Sir Christopher Wren [ q.v. ] helped build a new meeting-room above Stringer 's laboratory in Blackfriars . |
| 7 | Malins also helped build the order overseas , particularly in Sweden and Norway . |
| 8 | But together , they 've come up with this ; a life-size bronze statue of a railway navvy , typical of the hundreds who helped build the Chiltern Line at the start of the century . |
| 9 | remember that digger daddy had when I helped build the run ? |
| 10 | They helped build Kuwait and they know about Kuwait and we know about them and we trust each other . |
| 11 | Those small producers who were so intimidated by the problems of securing significant distribution that they simply carried on producing small , cheap pictures which , according to Hepworth , ‘ helped to build up and succour the very evil which was bringing about their downfall ’ , inevitably went under first . |
| 12 | Sewage treatment is expensive , and federal grants that in the 1970s helped to build the nation 's treatment networks are drying up , the victims of Reaganomics . |
| 13 | Neville Shute , the eminent author , widely known for his book A Town called Alice , once resided in Howden , along with Barnes Wallis , one of the greatest inventors of the 20th century , who designed and helped to build the airship R100 . |
| 14 | The New Zealand government transported the rocks by sea and helped to build the breakwater so that the island could start a fishing business . |
| 15 | The airport at Lukla , which Hillary helped to build in 1964 to fly in materials to build a hospital , has since become the most important mountain airfield in Nepal catering for vast numbers of trekkers and mountaineers . |
| 16 | These forces intersected at that crucial site for modern ideology , the family , which they both helped to build and sustain . |
| 17 | Maybe these are the qualities that helped to build the company in the competitive marketplace . |
| 18 | You see , he helped to build the Opera House . |
| 19 | The factors that helped to build them will be examined further in the next two chapters by looking at the forces that influence the making and implementation of social policy . |
| 20 | Then walk out to the deck you helped to build , |
| 21 | In this post he helped to build up the airship service into a major weapon in the war at sea . |
| 22 | The , the present , the present day er in Edinburgh , the present day buildings that I helped to build up are now in Pilton and in fact er out in Saint I built , that was a er built a fact I did all the rough . |
| 23 | I helped to build one of their houses . |
| 24 | Her never-failing enthusiasm and dedication helped to build the strong support now enjoyed in this area , and although she is now retired , she still attends a weekly class . |