Example sentences of "[not/n't] help [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , levity would not help her to convince fitzAlan that they were not being followed . |
| 2 | That Bellow , this participant in Roth 's inner life , can also be said to be out there in the world as his friend , and perhaps his rival , is a fact which does not help one to decide whether or not to trust the reports of literary duality — what comes in has to have been out — but it is very much in the tradition . |
| 3 | It will not help him to plead that he had not read the clause or was unaware of its existence . |
| 4 | His sources do not help him grasp the inconvenient fact that many young men actually enjoy warfare . |
| 5 | Manville could not help himself gloating slightly as he digested the essence of the message . |
| 6 | Closure of a pub does not help them to comply with the orders in any way . |
| 7 | And again dismissal certainly will not help them overcome their alcohol problem . |
| 8 | ‘ Then why not help me to improve ? |
| 9 | And mourned me , and would not help me get up . |
| 10 | All these ideas are fun , of course , but they do not help us to answer the original question . |
| 11 | This does not help us to live more truthfully with ourselves , but often traps us in our own false perceptions . |
| 12 | Sir Lawrence refused to disclose details of the voting on Tendulkar 's signing at yesterday 's meeting of the Cricket Committee but Bradford member Bob Appleyard said : ‘ A batsman will not help us to bowl sides out twice . |
| 13 | There is one last question which the score can not help us settle — how did The Fairy Queen open in May 1692 : with Act 1 , scene 1 in the 1692 quarto ? |
| 14 | Thus , energy or enthalpy change alone can not help us to predict whether a reaction will occur or not . |
| 15 | The pluralist perspective will not help us deal with these problems because it is more interested in political behaviour than in the role of ideas in society . |
| 16 | ‘ It is a pittance and it will not help us deal with the huge problems caused by the closure of Parkside . |
| 17 | But speculations of this sort are founded on such improbable premises that they do not help us to understand what actually happened , and merely prompt the rejoinder , ‘ So what ? ’ |
| 18 | These histories , taken singly or together , do not seem to tell us what we want to know , since they do not help us to understand why cutlery firms in general increased in size . |
| 19 | It may not help us to catch more fish , but it could help us to understand why we have n't when we feel we ought to have . |
| 20 | To say that his face was ferocious , that he was wearing heavy boots and screaming horrible threats does not help you beat him ; it just makes you more frightened than you already are . |
| 21 | At a pinch , use newsprint : but it will not help you to design a fancy project , nor will it help if the print rubs off onto your light coloured nylon when the ‘ plan ’ is used as a cutting pattern . |
| 22 | While pursuing a complaint through the grievance procedure is sometimes worthwhile , you do not forfeit your right to claim constructive dismissal if you have been treated so badly that you decide that raising the matter through the company 's internal procedures will not help you to achieve a fair deal . |
| 23 | Bragança may well be on the 327 radial for the POR NDB 95 miles out , but this information will not help you find it . |
| 24 | ‘ The combination of leaning away and remoteness will not help you sound convincing when you say , ‘ I 'm glad to see you , ’ however genuine you are . ’ |
| 25 | She can not help you pack your box at the supermarket and have a tantrum at the same time . |
| 26 | ‘ It did n't help me to have to live in a hotel at the time . |
| 27 | ‘ It did n't help me to have to live in a hotel at the time . |
| 28 | Myth no. 4 : exercise increases the appetite , so it ca n't help me lose weight Actually , the very opposite is true . |
| 29 | ‘ If industry does n't help me to achieve the objectives of the Government , we will have to take appropriate alternative steps , ’ she had said with a steely smile . |
| 30 | But we still ask them , it would n't he , it would n't he , saying like it would n't help them to ask |