Example sentences of "[noun] help [pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A POTTERY firm chairman has returned a £236,000 bonus to help his firm beat the recession . |
| 2 | Helen , the second daughter , had left the Wimbledon school when she was sixteen and was at home helping her mother to run the house and , as his fatal illness developed , to assist in nursing her father , to whom she was particularly close . |
| 3 | In 1864 the family moved to St Leonards , where Florence helped her mother visiting the sick . |
| 4 | ‘ Actually , ’ Roirbak said , having just thought of it , ‘ we may be able to use the natro group Star Eye to help your friend leave the city . |
| 5 | * Use commas to help your reader understand the structure of your sentences ( see pp. 125 – 8 ) . |
| 6 | Commas help your reader to understand the structure of a sentence , but like any other kind of detailed structuring they risk interfering with reading instead of helping it . |
| 7 | It seemed to work ; her saliva and dampness helped his body fight the damage . |
| 8 | Tess helped her mother move the big bed against the church wall . |