Example sentences of "it helps [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It helps one bid rationally , and more coherently , for congenial responsibilities , and therefore to feel more powerful and less resigned about the way these are distributed . |
| 2 | It helps one understand how difficult it is just to eat , to pick things up or to dry your feet . |
| 3 | It helps me think of them . ’ |
| 4 | Like my father , when he was , when my mother first started going with him he used to smoke cigarettes quite hea heavily erm and er when he had a cold or something like that he 'd say , oh I must have a fag it helps me bring the phlegm up so erm in some ways they 're almost perceived as having a like a cur curative er |
| 5 | I find it helps me sleep in that respect . |
| 6 | It helps me go for so long . |
| 7 | I do n't think it helps him , it helps me calm down and go to sleep . |
| 8 | ‘ It helps me forget the office for a while . |
| 9 | The superstar guitarist , still grieving over the loss of his son who fell from a Manhattan skyscraper , says : ‘ I do n't mind talking about it because it helps me get over what happened . |
| 10 | It helps me relax after a hard day 's rapping about controversial political and social issues . |
| 11 | Some women find a cup of strong coffee every hour or so helpful , as it helps them pass more water . |
| 12 | It helps them negotiate meanings , both linguistic and social . |
| 13 | This is particularly important for elementary students as it helps them keep pace with the programme and therefore gives them confidence in their ability to cope with longer stretches of language . |
| 14 | Erm for another reasons , which we shall get on to a bit later , there may be a great deal of confusion , er memories may not be clear or well formed , um people , according to some theories and ideas , people may be under-reporting because um y'know it helps them maintain their eq equilibrium a bit better . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't care what they ask me if it helps them find the real killer . |
| 16 | Outdoor play is particularly important because it helps them develop in a whole variety of ways . |
| 17 | It helps everyone get started if there are notes indicating where and how video materials would fit into the syllabus . |
| 18 | GRAHAM Finney does not mind that his hobby gives him the needle … for it helps him create textile masterpieces . |
| 19 | It helps him relax . |
| 20 | And perhaps this is the Arts ' greatest contribution to the education of the child ; it helps him develop character and personality . |
| 21 | It 's er it is n't it is n't everyday language , and I 'm not sure that it helps us express what we really want to say . |
| 22 | The fright we 've given ourselves in recent months will have done us some good if it helps us adjust society back in the direction of common purposes and co-operative disciplines . |
| 23 | It helps us sleep at night . |
| 24 | As with most things in drama , there are many questions which slip between categories , but the attempt to define types of questions is useful if it helps us see more clearly what we are doing and what we could be doing . |
| 25 | It helps us get at the meaning behind the lecturer 's words . |
| 26 | " It helps us preserve our natural areas by increasing opportunities for the people who are living around them . |
| 27 | Cos it helps it mend . |
| 28 | Think of a colour — it helps you think |
| 29 | I am afraid it is written in enviro-jargon , which will need translating into ordinary English or Welsh , but I hope it helps you think about the kind of issues that need to be got across in a popular television programme . |
| 30 | If you could quickly scan down and see what somebody 's done and the levels of competency they 've achieved , it helps you think that why are n't they doing the job , it might not be a trainee , it might be somebody else . |