Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] to help [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detectives involved in the murder inquiry had not been fooled by Green 's charade of wanting to help them — he had even appeared on TV with a tearful plea for aid in finding the killer . |
| 2 | A man who was held in an Indian prison for two years has accused the British Foreign office of failing to help him . |
| 3 | The driver saw two men attacking a middle-aged woman outside a bank cash machine , but instead of stopping to help her , carried on driving , detectives believe . |
| 4 | One of the men swore , then came towards Leeming to help him . |
| 5 | In spite of trying to help them on the voyage , Margery was left alone at Dover . |
| 6 | What the analyst would say to you in trying to help you to resolve this dream would be , well , report what you think of in connection with the manifest content . |
| 7 | Next door but one , new neighbours had recently moved in and a man was at work in the garden , slowly digging a flower bed , while a small boy pottered about trying to help him . |