Example sentences of "[modal v] help i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You must help me to do it , ’ said Grainne , very gently . |
| 2 | Also it 'll help me to see er if I 'm doing the lesson properly . |
| 3 | And you 'll help me clean up my jewellery , wo n't you ? |
| 4 | Both parties can get something from that situation , if you trust people and you look at things a relationship over a period of time rather than this particular thing this is what I want now this is what I 'm gon na get rather than well okay I 'll help you do this now and later on they 'll help me do something else , it becomes a win win . |
| 5 | and er as I say , this woman at this Department of Health , where I 'm going tomorrow she 'll probably get me in contact with erm er people that 'll help me to do the bits that I need . |
| 6 | ‘ He 'll be happy to be alive and perhaps he 'll help me to escape . ’ |
| 7 | It 'll help me to slim . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm hoping she might have said something to someone which might help me find her . ’ |
| 9 | I am wondering , I suppose , although I hate to sound impossibly naïve , whether there might be anything in your religion , in your beliefs , or your understanding of belief , that might help me with this , that might help me to come to terms with it ? |
| 10 | ‘ Dorothy , I do n't know quite how to put this , but is there something you 're not telling me that might help me understand this a bit better . |
| 11 | I think that the real reason that I wanted to do Total recall was that I knew it might make me famous which then might help me get better parts . |
| 12 | I had friends there who could help me to sell my land in Brazil , and I needed the money . |
| 13 | Perhaps you could help me eat it , Josh ? ’ |
| 14 | I 'll need it for my missionary work in India , and you could help me to learn it by studying with me . |
| 15 | I walked — in amazing Cecil B de Mille film type downpour yesterday for tea with a young lawyer son of one of John 's contemporaries at Gordonstoun , so that he could help me finalise the leaflet for a seminar on 14th January in respect of INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY , which many think is akin to copyright and so on but it embraces much more than that nowadays , especially in respect of computers , TV and sound usage , collaboration in respect of research and development projects which eat investments budgets and so on . |
| 16 | In fact he said to me ‘ You could be quite useful , you know , you could help me get through to her . ’ |
| 17 | You could help me find out if I 've made a terrible mistake coming here , and if — ’ She took a deep breath . |
| 18 | I expect you 're tired — you generally have a sherry and a nap when you come home at this time , and , besides , there are those papers to correct and I hoped you 'd help me unpack . |
| 19 | I have often missed him , often felt that if only I could talk over a particular problem with him he would help me to see the way . |
| 20 | He maybe sees a different process and and I do n't know about you Chairman but it would it would help me to see if to hear whether they they see a different process at work . |
| 21 | finished , so I asked if they would help me to sort out the erm |
| 22 | So I would say , ‘ What kind of car do you have now ? ’ and that would help me to remember . |
| 23 | And by mirroring my own hidden doubts and uncertainties , they would help me to clarify my ideas . |
| 24 | In October of this year I would like to hold another sale to raise £1,000 for Breast Cancer Research and would like to ask you readers if they would help me once again by donating one item no matter how small , or if they have some spare yarn but not time to knit it up and would like to donate the yarn I have some people who would help me to knit it . |
| 25 | It would help me to know what is wrong and how to treat you . ’ |
| 26 | I tried very hard to think about something , anything , that would help me keep my head clear . |
| 27 | Other law chiefs came to see us and said they would help me to get a healthy country . |
| 28 | I thought that if Sir Charles heard my sad story , he would help me to get a divorce . ’ |
| 29 | I never had any money erm that would help me to get off benefit , I was caught in the benefit trap and now I 've been able to get a part time job , my husba ex-husband 's paying a reasonable amount and my children are better off . |
| 30 | To what extent if if you accept the County Council 's proposed housing provision for Selby , and I appreciate that 's hypothetical but I er I think it would help me to get this element isolated from our discussion , otherwise we may go round in ever decreasing circles . |