Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] to help [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | He 's going to build shops here and we 're going to help him . ’ |
2 | and the fact you 're going to help her with the dinner , huh |
3 | ‘ You 're going to help me , Billy , are n't you ? ’ |
4 | ‘ You 're going to help me again now , Charlie . |
5 | ‘ And you 're going to help me . ’ |
6 | You 're going to help me make to make a birthday cake for Jim remember . |
7 | But erm , yes , so I still do n't know what 's happening with that yet , and I 'm waiting also for them to confirm a date for this first sort of Do Business in France seminar , that we 're going to help them with , which was originally going to be February , and is now going to be March . |
8 | We 're saying , we 're trying to help you by raising this money , erm it 's not sort of lecturing them or anything , we 're trying to focus on communities and empower them by giving them money for projects they want to happen , it 's not anything we 've decided . |
9 | If , however you are going to help her to seek a grant for home improvements , a visit to the local authority environmental health department can be useful , as you and she can receive there an explanation of all the different forms which may need to be completed , and your queries can be answered . |
10 | ‘ You are going to help me , the post ladies have no patience . ’ |
11 | ‘ The trouble is , I do n't think people on the sidelines are going to help me very much . |
12 | ‘ And you are going to help him ? |
13 | They are going to help you remember which scale of your protractor you should use . |
14 | None of these foods are going to help you lose weight , though they are all quick and convenient . |
15 | You 're in here because you did wrong , no tears are going to help you . ’ |
16 | ‘ Our noble relations are going to help you marry a gentleman . ’ |
17 | ‘ People are coming to help you out . ’ |
18 | " Oh please , Mrs Geary — I 'm going to help her , it would be such fun . " |
19 | Because I 'm going to help her with her paper round tomorrow so she can get it done early — the people do n't come before 7 and we 've got to be at the bus terminus by 8.30 ; because that 's when we 've arranged to meet — ; meet our friends of course and so if I help her with her round she can get it done in time . |
20 | They do n't know how useful it would be but anyway , they said there , there 's , it 's a slightly odd event because it 's actually going to be just in the Civic Centre , and er , and kind of tacking on some workshops and things , so I 'm going to help her with workshops and have a display stand and so on but other than that , we 've not really got any direct input into it , because it is very much , sort of , you know , this is how you do business in France , these are the financial problems , type of thing . |
21 | Well , I 've met him , and I 'm going to help him to get better . ’ |
22 | Now I 'm going to help you with it and what I suggest we do this morning when I give you these sheets will you please write your name and today 's date at the top of the sheet and I put the date on the board , and then can you please resist the temptation to start , start writing over the rest of the sheet until I 've gone through it with you . |
23 | ‘ I 'm going to help you , ’ he said , jumping up and smiling at her . |
24 | ‘ And I 'm going to help you find it . |
25 | ‘ You understand , I 'm trying to help you out . ’ |
26 | I 'm trying to help you survive Finlayson ! ’ |
27 | ‘ I 'm trying to help you . |
28 | what I 'm trying to help you practise , cos we 're not , we 're very good at asking closed questions in conversations but do n't very often recognize , but you know , we , we we we , we 'll zip backwards and forwards , and that 's okay , but I want you to do consciously is know what type of questions you 're asking because you can sometimes be hitting a brick wall and thinking I 'm getting anywhere here and it 's because you 're asking too many closed questions . |
29 | Well , no I 'm trying to help you because bear in mind that if you are interviewed , that is a possible question . |
30 | Accordingly , butchers are learning to help us ‘ think forwards to the meal , rather than backwards to the animal in the field ’ , as the trade press exhorts . |